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CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS ON TESTER’S BANKING BILK THE PREHISTORIC AND POST-APOCALYPTIC ART OF ERIC S. CARLSON

[2] Missoula Independent • March 15–March 22, 2018

cover photo by Alex Sakariassen

News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk What about bobcats? ................................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Biga goes to Flavortown, restricting records at UM, and Hecla loves Zinke .................6 Etc. Cherry-picking press access to Dinesh D’Souza.................................................................7 News Cash on wheels: How Ovando is capitalizing on bicycle tourism ..................................8 News With Rabbi Laurie Franklin graduating, Har Shalom arrives at a crossroads ...............10 Dan Brooks: Crunching the numbers on Tester’s banking bilk ............................................11 Feature Furbabies gone wild ....................................................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Eric S. Carlson’s new series connects the past with an uncertain future.............18 Music Mirah, the Oh Hellos, and Spaceman 3 ............................................................19 Theater In the Snow breaks the fourth wall with a harrowing whodunit ..................20 Film A Fantastic Woman: storytelling fail ...................................................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................22 BrokeAss Irish nachos: You can’t drink ’em, but is enough to drink really your problem? .......23 Happiest Hour Barrel-aged Manhattans at Broadway Bar & Grill..............................25 8 Days a Week Remember that first warm one? That was nice......................................26 Agenda Against America’s addiction to mass incarceration? This is your week..........33 Mountain High The Montana Fly Fishing Festival sets the hook ...............................34

Exclusives

News of the Weird ......................................................................................................11 Classifieds....................................................................................................................35 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................36 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................38 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................41 This Modern World.....................................................................................................42

GENERAL MANAGER Andy Sutcliffe EDITOR Brad Tyer PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson CALENDAR EDITOR Charley Macorn STAFF REPORTERS Alex Sakariassen, Derek Brouwer STAFF REPORTER & MANAGING EDITOR FOR SPECIAL SECTIONS Susan Elizabeth Shepard COPY EDITOR Jule Banville EDITORIAL INTERN Micah Drew ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Charles Wybierala CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer SALES MANAGER Toni Leblanc ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Declan Lawson MARKETING & EVENTS COORDINATOR Ariel LaVenture CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Declan Lawson FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Hunter Pauli, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Rob Rusignola, Chris La Tray, Sarah Aswell, Migizi Pensoneau, April Youpee-Roll, MaryAnn Johanson Melissa Stephenson

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STREET TALK

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

This week’s cover story is about bobcat farms and pet bobcats. What would you do if your neighbor got a pet bobcat?

Have you ever wanted a wild or exotic pet?

Jessica Whitt: I’d probably be a little bit leery of that. Especially since I have small kids and a small animal, a small dog. I don’t think I’d like it. Tzu each their own: No. I have a Shih Tzu.

Nancy Whitt: I wouldn’t like it. We had bobcats around our place, we lived up by the Sweetgrass Hills, and I’ve had a cat that they called feral, and she scratched our furniture, scratched our children, and that was just a cat. And I think a bobcat is a feral animal and I think he deserves to be wild. After that cat, who would: No. I haven’t.

Pat O’Brien: I wouldn’t be too thrilled about it. I don’t think animals like bobcats should be considered as pets. I was in Yellowstone about a month ago, and we had a bobcat run in front of us, and it was rather huge. It’s a wild animal. See you later: When I was a young man I was working on a disaster in Mississippi and in one of the local pet stores they were selling caimans, baby alligators, and I bought one. I thought it would be a novelty for the kids … It bit me so many times. It had little needle teeth. I wasn’t sorry to see it go. When it was obviously dead we had commodeside services and flushed it into eternity.

Kylie Byrd: Once I was driving through Wyoming and I did see some people with a bobcat as a pet.

I don’t really remember the backstory, but it was domesticated. I would say if they take good care of the animal, I have no negative opinions about it. Sonic or Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle: Oh absolutely. I’ve always wanted a hedgehog. They’re so cute!

Asked Tuesday morning at Black Cat Bake Shop.

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Home, not alone

I want to thank Melissa Stephenson for such a poignant and beautifully written essay, one of those pieces whose emotional impact sneaks up on you (“Embracing home in Missoula’s in-between,” March 1). By the final paragraphs, I was surprised to feel tears in my eyes. Maybe it’s because I just moved to Missoula after a few rocky, aimless years, looking for a place to focus more on my own writing, drawn by a similar inexplicable feeling of love and support that has kept this town always in the corner of my eye as I’ve bounced between states and jobs.

Melissa’s writing has that rare heartwrenching quality of making you feel lonely and less alone at the same time — the most powerful and satisfying reading experience, in my opinion. I look forward to reading her memoir when it comes out.

Claire Thompson Missoula

You’re welcome

This is really well done, thank you for sharing!

Jess DeMarois facebook.com/missoulaindependent

The green rush

It’s already happening (“California’s pot farmers have a big decision to make,” March 6). Every capitalist goober from Chicago or New York or Kansas City has arrived with their stupid amounts of money and a belief set that humans are capital alongside the product their employees grow for them. There’s still no accountability in the workplace for those employees. The only difference is that they are paid a lower wage now because the capitalists are scraping more off the top. Real farmers — not the ones who read Jorge’s book, the ones who were growing before Jorge wrote his book — can no longer sell top-shelf pounds for more than $800. And this is when there are buyers.

At the end of the day, it’s not about a green rush or how much a pound costs, though. It’s about corporate asshats treating humans as a byproduct and the greedy shareholders who rejoice in it. And this wasn’t the direction most of the reformers wanted to see legal cannabis go.

Corey Rhyne facebook.com/missoulaindependent

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While we drift through the winter season in Montana, many families worry about their children becoming ill. When they do, they head to the doctor’s office and receive medication to make them healthy again. In other parts of the world, tuberculosis is running rampant, and the basic treatment available to us is inaccessible to individuals living in impoverished countries.

With 28,000 people becoming sick from TB per day, government action is crucial in ensuring that no individual has to die from TB because they live in a certain region of the world.

It is up to us to urge our senators and representative to take action on TB and show that the United States is a global leader aimed at ending preventable disease. With several new active cases documented in Montana in 2017, this is an issue that is present within our communities and impacting our neighbors. This infection cannot be erased from Montana if it is not erased from the global community. I hope that we can count on Sen. Steve Daines, Sen. Jon Tester and Rep. Greg Gianforte to make sure that the U.S. is tackling TB head-on through robust funding for the Global Fund and PEPFAR. Kelsey Cooley Missoula

Be the change

“Melissa’s writing has that rare heart-wrenching quality of making you feel lonely and less alone at the same time — the most powerful and satisfying reading experience, in my opinion.”

According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis is now the world’s leading infectious killer, claiming the lives of 5,000 people every single day. This is completely preventable, curable and treatable, so why are we still allowing it to remain a major cause and consequence of poverty? The truth is that we lack commitment from our government.

The treatment and prevention of tuberculosis doesn’t have to be this way.

I live on the Flathead Indian Reservation and I see teen suicide at an unbelievably crazy and outrageous rate. I’ve lived here for 7 years, I’ve seen nothing like it, this past calendar year and the beginning of this new year. Every single one of you that is receiving this message has the stature available to you to speak on the urgency of correcting what’s happening to our children, not just on this reservation, but statewide. Our babies are dying! I’ve been waiting to hear somebody say something about it — set up a forum, set up a town hall, stand out in front of someone’s office and demand somebody do something — and I’ve heard absolutely nothing! There is no partisanship when it comes to suicide, and especially teen suicide. We have neither the time nor the lives to give to that type of thinking. Our children have enough on their plates just dealing with the mass shootings, disenfranchisement, poverty and abuse!

They need to know that the government, state, city and tribe give a doggone about them! These children are holding you accountable, as are the children who are no longer here! Now is the time for dialogue! Now is the time for conversation! Now is the time for a town hall! Let’s talk about this tragic epidemic for our children’s sake and for the sake of their future! I intend to do my part. I hope and pray you will, too! Don’t talk about it, be about it!

Keith A. Edmonson Pablo

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, March 7 A vial of toxic potassium cyanide is taken from a UM chemistry lab. Police believe the chemical may have been discarded in an area bounded by Orange and Hickory streets and Cregg Lane and S. 6th St. W.

Thursday, March 8 A tweeted aerial photo of Missoula’s Slant Streets goes viral, garnering 15,000 retweets and more than 45,000 likes. It is captioned, “When two city planners hate each other.”

Friday, March 9 Bail for Ivory Brien and Chase Munson, who were arrested after a shooting Tuesday, is set at $1 million. Brien is charged with two counts of accountability for attempted deliberate homicide, and Munson with two counts of attempted deliberate homicide.

Saturday, March 10 Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to a sold-out crowd in Helena at the Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner. Discussing Sen. Jon Tester’s re-election bid, Biden calls Tester “a guy who looks like he can lift an ox out of a ditch.”

Inside information

Restricting records at UM

The UM Foundation, the University of Montana’s increasingly powerful fundraising arm, only shows the public what it wants the public to see.

For instance: Was the man who scored a sweet deal in December on the Foundation-owned Montana Island Lodge also a donor? The foundation wouldn’t say.

Or recall in 2016, when a former athletic director accused UM of scrubbing a donor’s name from Washington-Grizzly stadium as a condition of the Washington family’s $7 million Champions Center gift. UM declined to comment, and the foundation wouldn’t share the donor agreement.

That’s because the foundation, unlike the university it exists to support, has long claimed exemption from Montana open records laws, to the frustration of open-government hawks and reporters who seek to shed light on the inner workings of public institutions.

New contract language between UM and the UM Foundation, approved without discussion March 8 by the state’s Board of Regents, may make it even harder for the public to learn what the foundation is up to.

The approved operating agreement contains a new, two-page section on the confidentiality of founda-

tion records that Mike Meloy, an attorney who frequently represents Montana newspapers in openrecords lawsuits, calls “patently unconstitutional.” Of particular concern, he says, is a clause that gives the foundation sway over the release of information that it didn’t even possess.

According to the contract, any time a member of the public asks for information from UM that the foundation “deems confidential,” the university must give the foundation 20 business days’ notice before fulfilling the request for the expressed purpose of allowing the foundation to seek a protective order to prevent the records’ release. Otherwise, according to the agreement, UM could be exposed to legal liability to the foundation.

Meloy argues that documents possessed by the university are subject to public records law. The contractually mandated delay, he says, “infringes on the right to examine documents.”

California courts have ruled that university officials can’t withhold records just because an associated foundation wants them to.

Meloy was unaware of the revision before the Indy contacted him. The operating agreement was hashed out between foundation and state and university officials behind closed doors, and no changes to the pre-

ceding 2015 agreement were mentioned in the regents’ public agenda or during their meetings.

Foundation President Cindy Williams says the language was added by the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education. OCHE spokesperson Blair Fjeseth says only that the state wanted to modernize foundation agreements across the system “with language that fits the needs of today.” The Montana State University agreement approved in November 2017 also contains the identical new clause. The regents’ agenda described that updated agreement as “substantially the same” as the previous one.

In 11 states, foundations have been legislatively or legally defined as extensions of the public universities they support, and thus subject to public records laws, while in nine others they’re considered separate and not subject to such laws, according to a 2015 analysis published in the Quinnipiac Law Review. In the rest, the situation is uncertain. Without public disclosure requirements, the study says, university foundations have shielded sensitive information from public view. For instance, foundations across the country have secretly paid university presidents hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees, and quietly accepted donations from companies that later received lucrative construction contracts.

Sunday, March 11 Missoula firefighter Andrew Drobeck finishes fourth in the Seattle Stair Climb, ending his six-year winning streak. The Missoula City Fire Department claimed its seventh team title, averaging 69 flights of stairs in 12 minutes and 14 seconds.

Monday, March 12 An open casting call is held in Lincoln for an independent film about the notorious Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber. The movie will star Sharlto Copley and is set to be filmed during April and May.

Tuesday, March 13 The UM men’s basketball team leaves for Wichita for its 11th appearance in the NCAA tournament. The Big Sky Conference champions are seeded No. 14, and will face off against No. 3 seed University of Michigan on March 15.

Comin’ with the meat cleaver, cut her in the neck, leave her.” —From “Meat Cleaver,” by Brotha Lynch Hung.

Augustus Standingrock and Tiffanie Pierce, who are awaiting trial for murdering and dismembering two people, requested copies of the song’s lyrics from family members. The song references another BLH song, “Locc 2 da Brain,” whose lyrics were imitated by a man who killed three people in 1996.

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Derek Brouwer

Wooing Interior

Hecla targets Zinke

Last week, the Guardian dropped some juicy insight into goings-on at Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s office over the past year. The piece, penned by former Indy reporter Jimmy Tobias, exposed the frequency with which Zinke senior adviser Kathleen Benedetto has been meeting with mining and fossil-fuel representatives — twice as often as with environmental groups, according to Benedetto’s official work calendar.

A perusal of the 171 pages of schedules also reveals that a few Montana-centric issues crossed the desk of Zinke’s top adviser in 2017. One entry for Aug. 3 indicates that Benedetto had a meeting regarding the proposed Montanore and Rock Creek mines northwest of Missoula. A separate entry for Sept. 28 records a call with Luke Russell to address Montana “permitting and resource needs.” Russell is vice president of external affairs for Hecla Mining, the company behind both mines.

Interior Press Secretary Heather Swift didn’t respond to the Indy’s request for information about these meetings. Russell didn’t return calls seeking comment.

Hecla’s interest in Zinke’s new post has been well documented in the company’s monthly updates since before his confirmation to Interior. Those presentations note that Zinke has visited Hecla’s mine sites, that he’s a “strong supporter of economic development in NW Montana,” and that he oversees the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a “key agency involved in permitting these projects.” Politico Magazine reported in October that Zinke’s deputy secretary, David Bernhardt, had jotted Russell’s cellphone number in his notes during a National Mining Association board meeting that month.

“We’re encouraged by the actions of this administration to try to move things along and get to a yes or no much quicker,” Russell told Politico at the time.

According to Mary Costello, executive director of the Rock Creek Alliance, critics of the Montanore and Rock Creek mines have seen the issue heat up in the past six months. Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. Greg Gianforte both urged Zinke to greenlight the projects in September. FWS issued a supplemental biological opinion

for Rock Creek that same month addressing impacts to grizzlies and bull trout, but Costello says the agency didn’t go far enough in analyzing the environmental consequences. Hecla has also testified before Congress recently, she adds, supporting legislation that would weaken the Endangered Species Act and other environmental protections. Costello expects the U.S. Forest Service will approve the first phase of both mines this year, and anticipates her organization and others will once again take legal action.

“Hecla is pushing hard,” she says. “They want to turn ground on both these mines. And there’s a lot of legislation we’re hearing about now that would have major impacts on really truncating the [National Environmental Policy Act] process.”

Alex Sakariassen

Food fight

Biga meets Flavortown

Missoula is about to have a hometown interest on unscripted television to heal the scars left by Krystal Nielson’s performance on The Bachelor.

Next Wednesday, March 21, Biga Pizza’s Bob Marshall will compete on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games.

Biga regulars will be familiar with Marshall’s nontraditional pizza-topping combos and improvisational talent with seasonal ingredients. And Biga regulars are plentiful: The wall next to Biga’s roaring oven is covered with certificates proclaiming the restaurant’s many wins in the Independent’s voter-selected Best Chef and Best Pizza categories.

This will be Marshall’s first appearance on a national cooking show, though he isn’t the first Montana chef to compete. A Great Falls restaurant owner appeared on an episode last year.

Grocery Games’ Guy Fieri has yet, however, to bring his flagship program, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, to Montana, one of just a handful of states lacking the honor.

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Number of times former undersheriff Josh Clark, who is currently suing the county for employment discrimination, has challenged T.J. McDermott for Missoula County Sheriff. Clark lost to McDermott in 2014. He filed for the 2018 race at the last minute, setting the stage for a June primary battle.

Guy’s Grocery Games brings together four chefs in Fieri’s Flavortown grocery store, where they’re tasked with gathering groceries and making a dish within a half-hour. There’s a twist: They can only use ingredients that fit within Guy’s dictates, so an episode might allow contestants to work with only frozen foods, or only canned items, or only foods that are orange. After the first round, two chefs are eliminated and the remaining two compete for a cash prize, awarded by a panel of celebrity judges. So it’s like Chopped, but in a store, with Fieri.

Marshall is embargoed from discussing the show until after it’s aired. He did tell the Indy that he enjoys watching cooking shows himself, and has occasionally gotten ideas from them, like the hot honey he used on a recent special.

Here’s what the show will say about what we’ll be watching: “Pizza Play-Offs: Four pie-pros compete in two plus-sized rounds of mouth-watering pizzas.

First, Guy Fieri challenges the chefs to make not one, but two pizzas using only what they can fit into an empty pizza box. Then, he doubles down again by asking them to make a sweet pizza and a savory one, both featuring a very special ingredient. The chef who has the best slice will go on to shop for a chance at $20,000.”

The episode airs on Wed., Mar. 21, at 7 p.m. local time, and repeats later that same night.

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

ETC. Too often are some people denied their constitutional right to free speech. That was the peg on which organizers of a presentation by conservative filmmaker and author Dinesh D’Souza hung their hat in Bigfork on March 10. Ironically, or more likely purposefully, those same organizers ended up restricting the reach of D’Souza’s comments.

On Saturday evening, Montana Public Radio reporter Nicky Ouellet tweeted that she and a Missoulian reporter had been escorted from the building where D’Souza was scheduled to speak.

Ouellet later quoted state Rep. Derek Skees’ explanation for why the two were barred from the event: “The press slants the news so bad to the left, that we’re almost positive we wouldn’t get a good story from the left.”

The press ban wasn’t comprehensive, however. The Daily Inter Lake’s Patrick Reilly was granted access. Reilly’s managing editor, Frank Miele, says the first he heard of the press restrictions was while editing Reilly’s story. Miele tells us that if he’d known the Inter Lake would be the sole media admitted, he might have contacted other outlets about sharing his paper’s coverage.

“We certainly support giving full access to media in all cases,” Miele says. “Sometimes there are private events that we’re not invited to … and typically, if we’re not invited, other press aren’t also. But it’s not our call.”

D’Souza’s speech, organized by the Flathead County Republican Central Committee and Last Chance Patriots, was billed as private, with a ticket price of $100.

University of Montana journalism professor Lee Banville finds the incident baffling. It’s not unusual for political party events to be closed to the press, he says. But to block some reporters and not others sends “a very confusing message.”

“I wish somebody would have said specifically what those journalists standing at the door have done to raise the issues the organizers raised, that these journalists won’t cover the story straight,” Banville says. “Because that’s a significant allegation to level.”

Cherry-picking press access on the basis of perceived ideological affiliation is troublesome, and we’d have hard words for it — if we weren’t too busy rolling our eyes at the spectacle of selfproclaimed free speech crusaders limiting the exchange of ideas to approved channels. If they want to wear their hypocrisy on their sleeves, let ’em.

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Cash on wheels How Ovando is capitalizing on bicycle tourism

by Micah Drew/Seeley Swan Pathfinder

Leigh Ann Valiton watched a customer meander the aisles of the Blackfoot Commercial Co. in Ovando. Valiton’s store, attached to her inn, is open until 7 every evening, but it was 10 p.m., and she showed no sign of leaving. The customer, Faye Cunningham, from New Zealand, filled her basket with frozen burritos, energy bars, chips and a Mountain Dew. Cunningham was competing in the Tour Divide Race, a 2,735-mile mountain bike race that stretches from Banff, Canada, to the Mexican border. The route enters Montana in Glacier National Park and meanders south, paralleling the Continental Divide.

Ovando sits at mile 550 and has become a staple stop for riders. “You always hear about the accommodations. It’s certainly known,” Cunningham said as she finished filling her basket. “It’s totally cool to come here.”

Over the last five years, Ovando has become known by the international cycling community as a place to stop and sleep, refuel and chat with the locals. “I’ve been a groupie [of Tour Divide] for years, so it’s cool to see the places I’ve read about: Richmond Ridge, Holland Lake, here,” she continued.

Cunningham had ridden for 16 hours and wanted to make it to Ovando before she stopped for the night.

But every room in Valiton’s inn was booked, and another rider was already sleeping on a mattress in a hallway.

Outside, another cyclist was crashing in an old sheep wagon. Yet another was passed out in a teepee. The only sheltered place left for Cunningham to rest

Photo by Micah Drew/Seeley Swan Pathfinder.

Kathy Schoendoerfer and Randy Neil chat in front of Schoendoerfer’s store, the Blackfoot Angler. Neil is riding in his third Tour Divide.

was an old jail house that had been restored for just that purpose. As Valiton scanned Cunningham’s purchases, she paused and looked up. “Wait, I’ll put a bed in the kitchen and you can sleep there.”

After making sure her last guest was settled in, Valiton finally left for the night.

Photo by Micah Drew/Seeley Swan Pathfinder.

An old sheep wagon welcomes cyclists to Ovando.

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Most of the riders would be up before dawn to get back on the trail. “Our goal is to be as accommodating as possible,” Valiton said as she turned off the lights. “But that’s Ovando in general.”

“Years ago, if I went to Missoula, no one knew where Ovando was,” said

Kathy Schoendoerfer, owner of the Blackfoot Angler and Ovando’s unofficial “Organizer of Frivolous Affairs.”

Now, nearly a thousand cyclists from around the world pass through the town of 50 residents every year. In addition to being a waypoint for the Tour Divide Race, the town on Highway 200 sits at the intersection of two popular cross-country cycling routes.

Schoendoerfer recalled the first time the community banded together to support bicyclists. It was in 2012, when a TDR rider, Tracy, was inbound to Ovando. Someone phoned ahead, letting the town know Tracy was having a rough go of it. Only the sheep wagon accommodation was available back then, but locals put out a sign telling Tracy to rest up and left food and drinks for her.

Since then, the town has actively courted two-wheeled tourists. One small corner of Schoendoerfer’s fishing shop is dedicated to cycling gear — tires, tubes, lube, pedals, the essentials. The Ovando Community Fund

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was started with donations and provided money for the teepee, jailhouse and an outdoor shower system that riders can use.

Each year, riders donate about $500, Schoendoerfer said. Sometimes it’s change (Canadian), sometimes it’s a can of beans. It’s enough for the townspeople to know they’re having an impact on their visitors.

That impact goes both ways. According to a 2014 University of Montana study, cycling tourism has a significant impact on the state.

The study, conducted by UM’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research, examined the effect of bicycle tourism statewide. It found that the industry contributed nearly $377 million annually to Montana’s economy.

Roughly 500,000 bicycle tourists visited the state annually, with the average cyclist spending about $75 a day and staying in-state for at least a week.

That kind of expenditure can greatly increase the viability of rural economies, and Montana towns are learning how to capitalize on it. A hundred and fifty miles south of Ovando, another small Montana town appears on cycling maps at the intersection of the Lewis & Clark and the TransAmerica Trails.

Twin Bridges is home to almost 400 residents and the nation’s first Bike Camp. Bike Camp is located in Jessen Park, on the edge of town. It’s a simple wooden building with a shower, toilets, tables and chairs, a sink and grill and plenty of outdoor space to pitch a tent — but only for visitors arriving on two wheels.

After spending two years watching cyclists passing through town, resident Bill White decided the time and need were right to do something to engage the Lycra-clad tourists. “All the bike riders passing through were like gold going by in a river,” he said in an interview for Montana Quarterly. “I started thinking about how to make Twin Bridges more than just a place to get a cup of coffee.”

White developed a proposal for Bike Camp, got a building permit and raised $9,000 for materials. The town broke ground in April 2009 and the camp was ready by June.

In the first year, about 300 riders used the camp. White said that by July of the second year, the number of visitors was up by more than 50.

Those early cyclists left feedback for Twin Bridges (and enough donations to cover the cost of building Bike Camp), and the town found that the average expenditure per night per visitor was $24.92. In a small community like Twin Bridges, the economy is essentially a closed loop, amplifying the effect of tourist dollars. Overall, it was determined that the cyclists brought at least $10,000 into the local economy in 2009.

That figure is lower than the UM study estimate, but regardless, “it’s good for the local economy,” White said. “Especially the grocery store, the ice cream shop, the restaurant and the laundromats.”

“The more accommodations and services, the more people touring, the more people spending money in small towns.”

It’s personal interactions and community attitudes like those in Twin Bridges and Ovando, more than any university study, that excite proponents of cycling tourism. “There’s increasingly more stories coming out about how bike touring and bike travel can benefit rural communities,” said Laura Crawford of Missoula-based Adventure Cycling. “There’s maybe not an attraction that would pull people off the freeway, but if you’re going through by bike, you kind of rely on those communities as a place to stop for the night, stock up on food or grab coffee.”

Adventure Cycling is a national advocacy group with 53,000 mem-

bers. The company organizes guided bike tours and maps more than 46,000 miles of cycling networks in the country.

A portion of its work is teaching communities how to become bikefriendly, and its website offers pages of resources. Crawford has spent years investigating how cycling can invigorate rural economies. In addition to her work for Adventure Cycling, she founded the travel website the Path Less Pedaled (pathlesspedaled.com).

She makes a comparison between a cyclist and a road tripper and the impact they have on communities during a trip.

Using a 200-mile stretch of road as an example — roughly the distance between Whitefish and Helena — Crawford breaks down the differences.

For a vehicle, that trip is an afternoon’s travel. A road tripper’s itinerary between cities might include a stop at a gas station or a lunch break, skipping most of the small towns between.

Biking 50 miles a day, on the other hand, requires a huge influx of calories, prompting the need for a dozen meals or snacks during that same trip. Since it’s difficult to carry that much food on a bike, cyclists are more likely to stop in any town with a restaurant or market. They also need places to sleep, preferably with hot water to shower, and potentially a place to do laundry.

As a blog post on the Path Less Pedaled puts it: “The more accommodations and services, the more people touring, the more people spending money in small towns.”

White, who died in 2012, saw firsthand the effect of riders on his town.

When Crawford pedaled through Twin Bridges to profile the town and its Bike Camp in a video, she was struck by White’s foresight and determination.

“Bill persevered … because he knew it would benefit the community,” Crawford said. “It gives tourists a reason to stop and stay and leave a few dollars behind that wouldn’t otherwise trickle into the town. And that idea is really fundamental to how bike tourism works in small communities. It’s not a get-rich-quick sort of scheme, but a long-term, sustainable investment.”

This story is part of the Montana Gap project, produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network.

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A bagpipe player, a chemistry researcher and a Here’s a rabbi, somebody’s coming to talk to him rabbi walk into a library. That’s not a joke — they’re about God, and he says he doesn’t have time for it. the same person, Har Shalom’s spiritual leader and That is absurd.’ The other part of me was like, somestudent rabbi, Laurie Franklin. Franklin, who worked body just stuck a knife in my chest and I’m never comat the university before beginning her rabbinical ed- ing back.” ucation, has led the congregation since 2010.

But she did come back, and says she understands Franklin came to Missoula from New York’s as well as anyone that there are plenty of people who Westchester County when her husband, chemistry may be skittish about what she calls “God language,” and biochemistry professor Sandy Ross, took a job at but who might have other spiritual practices they the University of Montana. “When Sandy and I were want to connect with Judaism. thinking about moving here in 2001, we said, ‘Well, “I’m friends with people in Missoula who do is there a bagpipe band, and is there a Jewish com- have that kind of background and are asking, are munity?’ And the answer to there ways to bridge some of both was ‘yes.’” that, to make Jewish commuWhen Franklin decided nity without necessarily being to pursue a rabbinical ordinain Jewish practice,” she says. tion at the age of 61, she went To that end, the sanctuary into the Har Shalom board with cludes a space for a weekly a proposal: “Instead of hiring Jewish meditation practice.

Missoula’s Jewish coma student rabbi as we have for munity may be small (in addithe last several years, would tion to Har Shalom, there’s a you consider hiring me using Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi based that same budget line? I live out of a home near campus), here, you are not going to be but that’s in keeping with Mispaying for my hotel and my soula at large, which is a subflights, you’ll have me for stantially unchurched town. many more hours and it will According to Sperling’s Best be, for me an opportunity to Places, the percentage of Mislearn.” Now, as Franklin nears soula residents who claim a reordination, it’s time for Har ligious affiliation (29.06 Shalom to decide if it can afpercent) is slightly lower than ford to employ her full-time. that in Portland, Oregon This month, congregants Photo by Susan Elizabeth Shepard (29.64 percent), a city that’s will meet twice to discuss the often called the least religious future of Har Shalom and its Laurie Franklin in the Har Shalom in the country. ability to support both a full- library.

But religious minoritime rabbi and ownership of its building on Russell Street near the fairgrounds. ties here have still been targeted for harassment.

The building, which Franklin says the congregation When anti-Semitic American Nazi Party literature bought in 2007, is both Har Shalom’s home and a was distributed to the homes of some congregants source of income, since it rents part of it to the Gar- (it was found to be the work of a man in his 70s den City Montessori School. It has, like all property who was living in a nursing home), Har Shalom in Missoula, increased in value since 2007. “We’ve got hosted a press conference at which Mayor John this building, and we need to do an accounting of Engen pledged his support. Franklin says the what the building costs us to live in and what it brings turnout and community support were heartening.

She has consistently been a visible presence in to us in value,” Franklin says.

Raised in a secular household, Franklin did not Montana social justice circles, from helping form get much of a religious education growing up. She SALAM (Standing Alongside America’s Muslims) tried, as an adult, but one story she tells, about going to speaking at the Women’s March and helping edto see a rabbi when she was enrolling her young ucate local school administrators about how to redaughter in classes at a synagogue, illustrates the chal- spond to anti-Semitism.

No matter what the congregation decides, lenges: “I went to him and I said, ‘You know, I just don’t know if I believe in God, and I’m wrestling with Franklin says, she plans to stay in Missoula. that.’ And he said, ‘I don’t have time for this,’” Franklin sshepard@missoulanews.com says. “Part of me [thought], ‘Can you believe this?

[opinion]

Too big to bail Crunching the numbers on Tester’s banking bilk

by Dan Brooks

Greetings from the recent past! I am writing this Street lender that has been burdened by unnecessary column on Monday, even though it will not appear in regulations. Unfortunately, my editor has informed me print until Thursday. At this newspaper and many oth- that MFCU’s assets total a little less than $500 million ers, so-called editors insist on reading everything in ad- — far short of the $50 billion that Dodd-Frank regulavance, so they can make sure it isn’t “made up.” It’s tions cover. I switched to First Interstate, a larger, reone of the many reasons journalism is failing, along gional bank headquartered in Billings, but it turns out with the fact that reading sucks, but that’s not why I to have only about $12 billion in assets. So let’s talk mention this quirk of the industry here. I only want to about one of the struggling community banks now covnote that between Monday morning — which is now ered by Dodd-Frank that would be deregulated under for me — and when you read this, the U.S. Senate will the bill Sen. Tester supports: Deutsche Bank USA. vote on a banking deregulation bill sponsored by Mike The holding company under which Deutsche Crapo, R-Idaho, and supported by 17 Democrats. One Bank operates in the United States had about $148 bilof those Democrats is Montana’s own Jon Tester. lion in assets at the end of 2017. Under the burden of Tester has praised the Crapo bill, which rolls back Dodd-Frank, this Main Strasse lender could barely hold regulations imposed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street its position as the 23rd-largest bank in America — esReform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, for of- pecially after January 2017, when it agreed to pay the fering much-needed relief to “Main Department of Justice $7.1 billion for Street” banks. Currently, Dodd-Frank investors in mortgage“If American misleading requires banks with more than $50 backed securities before the 2008 billion in assets to keep a certain Fortunately for mom and pop, voters want crash. amount of cash in reserve in case Sen. Tester has reached across the their loans go bad, submit “living to lift regulations on not just one thing in aisle will” plans for scenarios in which Deutsche, but also the Charles they fail, and undergo “stress tests” Corp. (assets $243 billion) 2018, it’s for Schwab to determine whether they could and SunTrust Banks. survive a financial crisis. All of these is the country’s 16thsomeone to largestSunTrust measures are designed to prevent bank, ending last year with the federal government from having billion in assets. That’s an imfinally do some- $205 to bail out banks again, as it did after pressive recovery from 2008, when it the 2008 crash. almost $5 billion in federal thing to help accepted Tester says these regulations are bailout money. Imagine how well placing an undue burden on smaller will do once it’s been deregthe banking SunTrust local and regional banks. The Crapo ulated! Tester was right when he said bill would raise the threshold for that “community banks and credit industry.” stress-testing and liquidity rules from unions didn’t cause the financial cri$50 billion to $250 billion, which he sis.” Charles Schwab and SunTrust says would save rural banks. “Main Street businesses technically did, but deregulating them is a small price and lenders tell me that they need some regulatory re- to pay for lifting burdensome requirements from such lief if we want jobs in rural America,” he said during a community lenders as American Express ($181 billion) hearing in November. “These folks are not wearing and Credit Suisse ($141 billion). slick suits in downtown New York or Boston. They are Anyway, the Senate votes on Tuesday, so by the farmers, they are small business owners, they are first- time you read this, the Crapo bill may already be law. time homebuyers.”

That’s good news for the zero banks with assets over Sen. Tester is right: If we want jobs, we’ve got to $50 billion headquartered in Montana, and it’s great do something for the struggling banking industry. Main news for Sen. Tester. He’s facing a tough re-election, Street banks can barely keep their heads above water but voters will surely rally behind him once they learn with all these Dodd-Frank regulations holding them he’s a friend to banks. If there’s one thing hardworking down. Since 2010, you hardly ever see banks opening Montanans love, it’s the financial services industry. new branches, and loans for first-time homebuyers Knowing that our Democratic senator is on their side have virtually dried up, which is why housing prices makes me feel like no matter what happens in Novemare stagnated. If American voters want one thing in ber, the future is certain.

2018, it’s for someone to finally do something to help Follow Dan Brooks on Twitter at @Dangerthe banking industry.

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING – As the medal ceremony for the men’s 1,000-meter speed skating competition concluded on Feb. 23 at the Gangneung Oval in Pyeongchang, South Korea, “serial streaker” Mark Roberts, 55, of Liverpool, England, jumped the wall and took to the ice. Roberts peeled off his tracksuit to reveal a pink tutu, a “penis pouch” with a monkey face on it, and “Peace + Love” scrawled on his torso. Although he might have lost points for an initial fall, he jumped up and continued performing a dance routine. Metro News recounts that Roberts has streaked at Wimbledon, the French Open and soccer matches, along with dog shows and other large events. He “retired” in 2013, saying “gravity’s against me,” but apparently he couldn’t resist the global exposure of the Olympics.

IRONIES – As the 2018 Winter Olympics got underway, and athletes from Russia were forced to compete under the Olympic flag and be designated as “Olympic Athletes from Russia” (OAR) as punishment for systemic doping at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva proudly wore a T-shirt that read “I Don’t Do Doping.” But on Feb. 23, Sergeeva became the second Russian athlete to fail a doping test. (Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky also failed a drug test earlier in the Games.)

Sergeeva was a vocal critic of the Olympic policy toward Russian athletes, telling Yahoo Sports, “If we are here, and we are clean, we should be able to walk under our flag.”

SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED – District Judge Joseph Boeckmann, 72, took a personal interest in the young men who came through his courtrooms in Cross and St. Francis counties (Arkansas) from 2009 to 2015 with traffic citations or misdemeanor criminal charges. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Judge Boeckmann routinely dismissed those charges pending “community service,” which Boeckmann would set up through private phone calls with the men, assigning them to provide sexual favors or allow Judge Boeckmann to take pictures of them in “embarrassing positions; positions that he found sexually gratifying,” a court document revealed. Boeckmann, of Wynne, Arkansas, admitted to the charges in October and was sentenced Feb. 21 to five years in prison. Prosecutors had agreed to a lesser sentence in light of Boeckmann’s age, but U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker ordered the maximum sentence, saying, “(H)e acted corruptly while serving as a judge. That sets his crime apart.”

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – Washington State University senior Logan Tago, a football linebacker, received WSU’s Center for Civic Engagement Fall 2017 Community Involvement award on Feb. 1 for 240 hours of service to the local community, reported the WSU Daily Evergreen — service he was ordered to give as a stipulation of his sentencing in January 2017 for third-degree assault. In June 2016, the Seattle Times reported, Tago allegedly hit a man with a six-pack of beer and later agreed to a plea deal that called for 30 days in the Whitman County jail, $800 in fines — and exactly 240 hours of community service. Tago managed to play the final two games of the 2016 season and all of 2017’s 13 games, despite a WSU athletic department policy that prohibits players who are facing a felony charge from playing.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS – On Feb. 9, the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals upheld the four-year prison sentence Ralph Alfred Friesenhahn, 65, of San Antonio received after his fourth DWI conviction in 2016, rejecting arguments from his lawyer, Gina Jones of New Braunfels, that the state’s legal limit for alcohol concentration discriminates against alcoholics, who have a higher tolerance for liquor. “You’re not being punished for being an alcoholic,” Sammy McCrary, chief of the felony division for the Comal County criminal district attorney’s office told the Austin American-Statesman. “It’s the driving that’s the problem.”

SPECIAL DELIVERY – At the beginning of February, several residents along a block in Marina, California, were hit by mail thieves. But the criminals probably didn’t know what hit them when they stole Rosalinda Vizina’s package. SFGate.com reported that Vizina, an entomologist, had ordered 500 live cockroaches for a study she’s working on. “I feel a little bad for the roaches in case they got smushed or tossed or something like that,” Vizina told KSBW. “For the thieves, I hope they went everywhere,” she added.

TMI? – On Feb. 20, little Jameson Proctor was born in St. Louis and a radio audience listened in as he came into the world. Cassiday Proctor, co-host of the “Spencer’s Neighborhood” show on The Arch in St. Louis, scheduled her C-section right in the middle of drive time and then invited listeners to share the moment when Jameson was born, at 7:45 a.m., through a broadcast phone call. “Our radio show is all about sharing our personal lives,” Proctor, 33, told the Telegraph. She also solicited ideas for names from her fans and received more than 400 submissions. “It was not something I wanted to keep private,” Proctor said.

AWESOME! – The mining town of Kurri Kurri, Australia, cut loose on Feb. 24 with a new festival to draw visitors: Mullet Fest, a celebration of the infamous hairstyle and those who wear it. Local hairdresser Laura Johnson came up with the idea, which included contests (Junior Mullet and Ladies’ Mullet categories, and so forth) and bands (the Stunned Mullets from Karuah). Winner of the junior division prize, Alex Keavy, 12, told the Guardian: “It’s not a hairstyle, it’s a lifestyle.” He pledged to use his $50 prize to buy his girlfriend a pie. More than 180 contestants competed for Best Mullet of Them All. Meryl Swanson, the local Labor MP and a contest judge, said she was “looking for pride, people embracing the mullet, finding self-worth in it.”

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inda Lu’s paws drape over the edge of the couch. They’re soft things, strong and big enough to palm a tennis ball. Her tongue hangs a half-inch out of her halfopen mouth, and her eyes laze in a uniquely feline way. She’s docile when she’s relaxed, a soundless, majestic creature clothed in gray and mottled with black spots. It’s only when she moves that the claws come out.

When they do, there’s no denying Linda Lu’s wildness. She uses them to grip and grab and climb. Wade Tellesch is immune to any anxiety those claws might inspire. He calls her Lu for short.

Her blue eyes, he says, remind him of his older sister’s. He cradles Lu in his arms with fearless, almost childlike affection.

Occasionally he plants a kiss on her cheek. Lu doesn’t seem to mind.

Tellesch is a lanky man with a graying black ponytail and a hopscotch manner of speaking. He bought Lu and her male companion G-O (short for Great One) in September 2016. And he’s transformed his half-acre lot in the woods outside Coram into a sanctum for his cats. A two-story enclosure towers out of the snow in his backyard, replete with boards and platforms for climbing. For tough winters like this one, Tellesch built a small secondary enclosure off one wall of his house. A tunnel, punched through siding and insulation, allows the cats direct passage into the house. Among the wind chimes and chairs festooning his front porch is a sign broadcasting his passion for these cats. He bought it at Rockin Rudy’s during a trip to Missoula. It reads “Bobcat Crossing.”

“I’ve never had an animal that was so smart,” Tellesch says. “They opened up

my microwave, opened up my refrigerator, my regular house doors. They use the toilet to pee if you let them.”

Last fall, Tellesch, 59, became the latest addition to a small but colorful industry in Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks approved his application for a fur farm license in October, enabling him to sell any kittens Lu and G-O may produce. The only objection to his application came from Glacier National Park, which feared that Tellesch’s bobcats could be released into the park, posing a risk to public safety. In response, FWP stipulated that all Tellesch Fur Farm bobcats must be ear-tagged.

There are currently just over a dozen licensed fur farms statewide. Under state law, these license holders can breed bobcats and lynx for commercial purposes, and must be able to prove that their ani-

mals came from domestic stock, not the wild. Some rear the cats to sell as pets.

Others sell bobcat pelts on the international fur market, which has attracted sporadic controversy over the years and, at times, vandalism by animal rights activists. For Tellesch, entry into the world of state-approved breeders was largely a form of insurance against government officials mistaking his bobcats’ offspring for kittens taken from the wild and confiscating them. Lu and G-O reached sexual maturity just this year. They haven’t mated yet, Tellesch says, at least as far as he knows. “I don’t know what happens out in the cage during the day.” When he purchased these two, the price was $1,700 per cat. By now, he says, the value of a kitten may have gone up to $2,000, though he’s pretty sure he would sell one for as low as $1,800. The average

Sure, you can keep a pet bobcat in Montana.

Are you sure you want to?

story and photos by Alex Sakariassen

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bobcat litter is three kittens, and bobcats can breed up to twice a year. Tellesch says he has no specific plans to breed Lu and G-O. But if he does wind up with kittens, he’ll put them up for sale.

“I will put ads out to try to get rid of them,” Tellesch says. “I’m not going to be forceful, because if it happens it happens.”

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n the early hours of March 7, 2014, a team of masked vandals snuck onto the Fraser Fur Farm outside Ronan and destroyed breeding records kept on the farm’s bobcat cages. Had it not been for floodlights and guard dogs, they may also have succeeded in freeing the cats. Subsequent news stories in the Lake County Leader and Valley Journal pinned the crime on animal rights activists, citing claims circulated by Operation Bite Back and the Animal Liberation Front. It was the third time in five years the Fraser Fur Farm had been the target of such activity.

The Lake County Sheriff ’s Office characterized the attack as domestic terrorism.

Six months later, in September 2014, controversy swirled around another Montana bobcat operation. Larry Schultz, a bobcat breeder of 32 years’ experience in northwest North Dakota, filed an application with FWP to relocate his farm to Fergus County northeast of Lewistown. The expansion of Bakken oil development had resulted in deafening truck traffic near his facility. The disturbance grew so extreme, he told the Indy at the time, that his bobcats had begun killing their kittens. Montana, he hoped, could provide a more tranquil setting.

Schultz’s application for a Montana fur farm license generated 21,185 comments, all but 20 of them in opposition.

The critics hailed from all over the globe and every state in the union, and represented the viewpoints not just of individuals, but of the Humane Society and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Included in the comments submitted to FWP was a petition, signed by 900 people, tied to a web link titled “Cats are not Crops.”

The primary source of contention was Schultz’s practice of raising bobcats for their pelts. Schultz was quoted by High Country News in 2014 saying he kept roughly 130 cats, and regularly sold the skins he harvested to Canadian auction houses, where they could fetch up to $1,100 a piece.

Other fur farm applications have generated similar concerns, usually in the form of public comments. But, as FWP has expressed repeatedly in approving licenses, fur farming is legal. It’s also the only way that people seeking a bobcat pet can get their hands on one.

Anja Heister, an animal rights activist in Missoula, decries fur farming as a “horrorshow” and compares it to factory farms, where “cattle and pigs and chickens are being tortured until they are killed.” She condemns keeping wild animals as pets, too, but on that note she’s more empathetic. It’s easy to see young creatures as cute and cuddly, and Heister understands that people can be drawn to owning one.

“There’s no doubt that we feel emotionally connected, and it’s a wonderful feeling. But what about the bobcat?” she says. “The environment of a bobcat is so complex that a life in captivity can never make up for that.”

Keeping bobcats as pets is thinly regulated in Montana. All that’s required is that the owner purchase the bobcat from a state-licensed breeder. Cities may adopt their own laws stipulating what animals are not allowed to be kept as pets (Missoula, for example, considers bobcats, even domesticated ones, to be wild animals, which are illegal to keep in city limits). They’re not as uncommon a companion as you might expect. Nor, it seems, do they cause much of a stir.

Jeff Darrah says he can’t recall a single incident involving a pet bobcat in his five years as supervisor at Missoula CityCounty Animal Control. People may see them around town occasionally, but usually in vehicles. Darrah’s never seen one out for a casual stroll. Perhaps that has something to do with their value, he says, or that their owners are particularly protective. “For us, they’re really a non-issue.

We haven’t dealt with any problems, calls or complaints at all regarding them.”

Darrah’s experience with bobcats was far richer during his 26 years as a game warden with FWP, 14 of them as the head warden in the Missoula area. He remembers once responding to a call in Ravalli County, where a bobcat had been reported hanging out in a homeowner’s garage.

“I knew that just didn’t sound right,” Darrah says. “When I showed up, it basically walked over and started going in between my legs like a housecat. I was like, ‘This is not a wild bobcat.’”

Odd as it may seem to keep a bobcat as a pet, Karen Green says the attraction can be immediate. She and her husband met their bobcat, Tazzy, on a Sunday afternoon about 19 years ago. He was a kitten then, just a few weeks old, and the couple was drawn in by what Green calls the “warm and fuzzy.” They took him home to Lolo that very day, not thinking past those three magic words.

“Eighteen years later, he was still in our lives, and he was gorgeous,” Green says. “He was the epitome of warm and fuzzy, which drew us in, and which I don’t want to draw in other people,

TOP: Wade Tellesch plays with his bobcats, Linda Lu and G-O, in his Coram living room.

BOTTOM: An up-close look at G-O, left, and Linda Lu.

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“I’ve never had an animal that was so smart. They opened up my microwave, opened up my refrigerator, my regular house doors.

They use the toilet to pee if you let them.” because it’s a life-changing process full of many challenges.”

Within two years, the Greens had moved Tazzy from the house to a shaded enclosure outside, for the bobcat’s comfort and happiness more than anything, Green says. Something in the bobcats’ DNA seems to demand proximity to the natural environment. Tazzy, who died last year, was willful and independent, and selective about which humans he

Scriver? Yeah, Bob Scriver. It’s a familiar enough name to anyone who knows Montana art, particularly art produced in Browning, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

“He was the very first one I ever seen with a bobcat when I was growing up,” Tellesch says.

Scriver, who died in 1999, is a legend in the state’s sculpting world. Peek into any number of museums and gal-

Tellesch advertises his passion for bobcats with a sign purchased at Rockin Rudy’s.

was willing to tolerate. If anyone smelled of cigarettes, Green recalls, he’d “hiss and snarl and want them gone.” Vacations became a symphony of planning, requiring someone Tazzy was comfortable with to visit the house and take care of him. Still, Green says, he was a lovely creature, and got along well with their two labs and their Yorkie.

“I guess I wouldn’t trade it,” she adds, “but it was a journey.”

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s Lu climbs into his lap, purring like a freight train, Wade Tellesch sifts through his past to determine where his bobcat craze started. It takes him a beat to remember the guy’s name. Scriber?

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Over the years, Tellesch ran across other big-cat pets. He saw a bobcat on a leash at a summer event in Cut Bank. He tells an animated tale from his childhood of a bar owner in Columbia Falls who kept a pet mountain lion. In 1998, after moving to Coram, Tellesch decided his turn had come. He purchased an 8-weekold female kitten from a Montana breeder. She fit “from here to here,” he says, pointing from the butt of his palm

she’d join in, jumping on the table and batting the balls. “I used to bring Precious to every New Year’s Eve party I ever went to, because I was a partyer,” Tellesch says.

“Every bar here, they’d let Precious in. …

She was sitting in my truck one day and a guy, probably 6-foot-7, walked by with a great big cowboy hat on. She reached out the window and knocked his cowboy hat off because he was standing there talking.

You talk about a look on that guy’s face.”

Tellesch was heartbroken when Precious died two years ago. Bobcats make great pets, he says, so long as you respect them and set boundaries. If they have a bad moment — scratching at furniture or displaying aggression — his approach has been to step aside and let it happen.

Sure, they might destroy stuff, but what animal doesn’t? Tellesch once had a cocker spaniel that tore up the brand new upholstery in his truck.

FWP approved Tellesch’s fur farm license last year, enabling him to breed his bobcats and sell their kittens as pets.

leries in the West and you’ll see the bronze work that earned him an induction into the Cowboy Artists of America in 1967. His statue of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark is on display at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls. He sculpted a portrait statue of famed Montana painter Charles M. Russell for the Charlie Russell Museum.

Scriver was also a taxidermist. He operated a taxidermy studio and wildlife museum in Browning, and many of the mounts he displayed there are now housed at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation headquarters in Missoula. One of his companions in that studio was a male bobcat he kept as a pet — the same bobcat Tellesch recalls seeing as a kid.

to a spot just short of his middle fingertip. Her eyes hadn’t even opened yet. He named her Precious.

“You’re petrified at first, because it’s a wild animal,” Tellesch says. “And then you’re bottle-feeding them, and all of a sudden them little claws reach out to you — it’s unreal. You can feel them wrap around your hand and wrap around that bottle, grabbing it so tight. That’s when you get your best feeling. After that, they just start loving you.”

For the next 19 years, Tellesch and Precious went everywhere together. He took her to bars like Packers Roost, just outside Coram, where she would cozy up to the most fragrant person in the room.

If anyone was playing pool, Tellesch says,

As passionate as he is, Tellesch concedes there are challenges. Bobcats can live up to 30 years in captivity. At roughly a year and a half old, G-O is about 35 pounds, but he could grow to 50, Tellesch says. They require a raw meat diet, about a pound a day in G-O’s and Lu’s case. If you freak out or try too hard to control them, the claws come out, and Tellesch refuses to declaw his cats. It makes for a scratch-prone lifestyle, especially considering Lu’s vertical leap (based on the distance from Tellesch’s floor to the top of this reporter’s head, it’s at least 5-feet, 7-inches). You’ve got to want to like the animal, Tellesch says.

Even when you do, outsiders don’t always get it.

“I used to have somebody come up with Precious all the time [and say], ‘You’re the worst person, having a bobcat,’” he recalls. “I says, ‘No, I rescued this bobcat. She has a life better than I can guarantee probably 90 percent of the other bobcats out there.’”

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f she had it to do all over again, Lindsey Bessette figures she could raise a bobcat right. She’s just not sure she’d want to.

Bessette made her first foray into bobcat ownership roughly a decade ago.

She and her boyfriend — now husband — had been in the market for a Maine Coon, one of the largest domestic cat breeds.

But when they discovered that someone was breeding and selling bobcats just a short drive from their Lolo home, she called and put down a deposit for a kitten. The subsequent learning curve was steep, with regular calls to the breeder for advice on how to handle the new pet.

In 2010, Bessette applied for and received a state fur farm license under her maiden name, Sweeney. She estimates she and her husband sold four litters of kittens over the next few years. It would have been five, she says, but the mother killed one litter. There was a lot to like about raising bobcats, and they always had more deposits than kittens. The most challenging aspect, she says, was finding buyers who were prepared for the large and lengthy responsibility of owning one.

“Most people go wrong with diet,” Bessette says. “And if they don’t go wrong

“He was the epitome of warm and fuzzy, which drew us in, and which I don’t want to draw in other people, because it’s a life-changing process full of many challenges.” with diet, they go wrong with care. And that is not an animal that you want to go wrong with ever, at all. They can start to turn on you very quickly, and if they’re not fed properly, they start to get aggressive.”

If Tellesch seems rhapsodic about living with bobcats, Bessette, who no longer raises or owns bobcats, is the pragmatic counterweight. She doesn’t doubt that good homes and promising owners exist.

She is skeptical about the odds that every kitten will wind up with one. These aren’t poodles or labs or bunnies, she warns.

Even if people are prepared to take in such a demanding and long-lived pet, there’s no guarantee that they’ll be able to find help if and when they need it.

“Ask yourself, ‘Can I take this on, and am I going to be able to find a vet that’s willing to work on them for the next 20 to 30 years?’” Bessette says. “Because the answer is probably no.” Also, she adds, ask yourself if you get along with your neighbors, because they may take issue with a bobcat living next door.

Part of her concern is that while Montana fur farms are regulated and rou-

tinely inspected by FWP, bobcat ownership comes with no such oversight. Bessette feels strongly that bobcat owners should be required by law to declaw and spay or neuter their pets, in the interest of public safety.

“In Montana, you don’t have to have a license to own one as a pet,” she says.

“You don’t have to pass any classes to own one as a pet. You don’t have to have a permit. There’s nothing you have to do to own one as a pet. Is that not alarming?”

Green shares Bessette’s belief that bobcat ownership should be subject to more regulation. When she noticed visitors being taken with Tazzy’s warmth and fuzziness, she quickly shared the reality of life with a bobcat: a “total commitment of time, energy and patience.” She’d prefer to see pet buyers in Montana undergo some sort of instructional training, if only to make sure they comprehend the life-changing nature of their decision before they walk out the door with a bobcat kitten.

Asked if she and her husband ever considered getting rid of Tazzy, Green says no. It’s been a year since he passed

away, and she still chokes up talking about him.

“I guess you fall in love with them,” she says. “He was just a sweetheart. And I kind of felt guilty for having him in this situation, even though we gave him as good a situation as anybody else that would have had him. You’d have to see a picture of him to know about the magnetic power he had. Chris still can’t really talk about him.”

Tellesch keeps an envelope of photos documenting Precious’ life. He’s eager to share it, just as he’s eager to defend the thrill of sharing life with what is, in nearly every respect, a wild animal. There are photos of Precious as a kitten, an unsteadylooking bundle of fur. And there are photos of her as an adult, regal and imposing.

As Lu and G-O slink about his living room, pawing at toy white mice and rubbing their cheeks on every surface, Tellesch takes a minute to ponder the most common question he’s been asked about his bobcats over the years: “How do I get one?” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

photo courtesy Karen Green

The Greens still mourn their bobcat Tazzy, pictured, who died last year.

Linda Lu lounges on Tellesch’s living room couch.

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[arts]

Life in progress Eric S. Carlson’s new series connects the past with an uncertain but beautiful future

by Sarah Aswell

E

ric S. Carlson lives a life straddled between the past and the future. An archaeologist and archeological illustrator, the artist has spent many of his days at excavation sites across the globe, trying to understand exactly how the human race has gotten to where we are today, and then trying to depict those answers in drawings. He’s often doing so for the sake of our future. For example, one of his most recent jobs was finding and evaluating archaeological sites in the dense forests of Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, both to protect sacred places from logging and to preserve Native Alaskan cultural heritage.

Having so many of his thoughts reaching both backward and forward in time — and having so much insight into long-term change — can be at once comforting and disheartening and exciting.

“My life is about seeing change over 15,000 years,” Carlson says. “In Alaska right now, the permafrost is melting, and Fairbanks is sinking because the ground is softening. But I also lived and worked in Southeastern Alaska, and that region is still rebounding from the melting of the glaciers 10,000 years ago.”

To see Eric S. Carlson’s professional, archaeological art, you don’t have to look further than the New York Times, which ran one of his illustrations in January: an imagining of an ancient Native American settlement in Alaska’s Upward Sun River about 11,500 years ago, drawn in greens and browns. The picture, which Carlson created by marrying information he gathered from illustration courtesy Eric S. Carlson excavation site research and interviews with elder Natives, shows life sketched realisti- “Bear House” is part of Eric S. Carlson’s Missoula series, which shows at Draught Works through March. cally and as researchers believe it was, of Take, for example, his new piece, of the places in Missoula that is just full bison kill sites (one in Denali and other tribe members busy with their daily tasks “Pink Mastodons and the Dire Wolves of old stories and characters and history, on a nearby military base), and then in against the backdrop of central Alaska.

Near the Oxford Bar,” which is part of his and it would be a shame if it were de- Gates of the Arctic National Park, recordThe art Carlson creates when he’s not four-piece show at Draught Works this stroyed for new development. It’s a nice ing 4,000-year-old caribou drive lines — on the clock is much different, though it month, and which depicts exactly what it portal into the past. My favorite part is stone corrals that forced the animals into riffs on similar themes. Unlike his scien- sounds like. In a vision of Higgins Avenue the T-Rex fossil on pavement. It’s this rivers or lakes for easy hunting. tific and historical-project assignments, that is simultaneously prehistoric and idea of a dystopian fossil — an industrial He came back to Missoula in the fall his personal work allows him to set aside post-apocalyptic, animals run amok, imprint of an ancient animal.” of 2017 to work on illustrating two his responsibility, his careful attention to knocking over traffic lights and crushing Carlson grew up in Juneau, Alaska, books on Montana prehistory with local facts and the constraints of time and sidewalks as conifers and fungi burst from where he spent long winters creating art authors. At the same time, he returned space. Elements dealing with ancient civ- parked cars. A giant pink sloth looks on. and learning about Tlingit art and to a series he’d been working on that juxilization, the passage of time, sacred “Everything in these pieces is related mythology. Since he earned a graduate taposes well-known Missoula landmarks places, mythology and Native history are to time,” Carson says. “What you’re see- degree in anthropology from the Univer- with bustling, almost psychedelic visions present, but they are playful and warped, ing here is the idea of these historic sity of Montana in 2010, he has spent his of the past and future. Each piece is colorful and free, thanks both to Carlson’s places being unstuck in time. You’re see- time both out in the field and with pen hand-drawn, then colored and altered in interest in the tenets of Cubism and his ing the past, the present and the future in hand. He lived the past few years in Photoshop, before being printed onto post-drawing use of Photoshop. simultaneously. That intersection is one Alaska, first excavating 13,000-year-old feet-long expanses of paper. In one, Hig-

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gins bridge is transformed into a buffalo jump, with the Wilma signage still shining bright. In another, Greenough Park’s graffitied bear cage is topped with anthropomorphized ursine figures, and a smoke-filtered sun rises above the scene.

The final piece in Carlson’s current series at first seems like an anomaly. It’s quieter and more carefully and realistically drawn. It’s the Missoula Mercantile pharmacy, sitting almost stoically next to the destruction of the rest of the building, and the budding construction of the new Marriott Hotel. There are no rumbling pink mastodons here. The only action is a couple of bluebirds, a couple of falling bricks and a shadowy man walking down the alley.

“These are all about important historic places in town that are packed full of memories, of events that have happened in the past, that contribute to our community’s identity,” he says. “What you see is the idea of the past being completely wiped out and being rebuilt, destroying a lot of those memories, and the future being built up around the pathetic remnant of the past. What’s new doesn’t contain that connection to the past.”

Still, the piece, like all the other pieces in the series, is not bleak or depressing. In fact, they are all full of the sacredness of place and the inevitability of change. They are about the cultures that have survived here for thousands of years, and the animals and ecosystems that have lived and evolved next to them.

It’s about tens of thousands of generations of knowledge, reaching into whatever the future holds for us.

A couple of months after Carlson returned to Missoula, he was walking downtown, by the river, on New Year’s Day. All the humans were still asleep, or inside, on the cold holiday, and the birds were out in force.

“The city was alive with the sound of birds, from one day without humans,” he says. “There’s a lot of hope. It’s symbolized in the trees and plants growing through the concrete. It’s in the birds and animals. There’s life all around us.”

Eric S. Carlson’s show continues at Draught Works through the end of March. arts@missoulanews.com

[music]

Staying power Mirah revamps her lo-fi gems I’m not sure how many times Brooklyn singersongwriter Mirah has played Missoula, but I do know she headlined a show in 2004 at a now-defunct holein-the-wall venue called Area 5. (She played with local favorites of the time, Oblio Joes who had just released their third album Swallow the Moon.) At that point, Mirah had already established herself, having cut her teeth in the mid1990s Olympia, Washington, scene, recording her first studio album in 2000 with K Records. Even before that she was part of a pack of uber-creators: She hung out with Kimya Dawson, collaborated with Phil Elvrum (including touring with the Microphones) and sang in an early incarnation of Old Time Relijun. A year after she played Missoula, she was featured in one of Brendan Canty’s Burn to Shine music documentaries.

All of which is to say Mirah, who returns to Missoula on her way to Treefort, has a storied history in

the cool club of music — and for good reason. I recommend starting with her 2000 full-length You Think It’s Like This But It’s Really Like This to get a taste for her lo-fi sepia magic (early Liz Phair fans will love it), and then make your way through to the October 2017 EP Sundial. All but the title track are remakes of songs from earlier albums, but this time with Jherek Bischoff ’s string arrangements. They’re not better than the lo-fi stuff (though “Cold Cold Water” benefits from a fuller sound), but they showcase Mirah’s willingness to be bold, which she always has been. On Sundial, we get the full effect of her vocals, which swagger and sooth and sometimes cut with the precision of paper on skin.

(Erika Fredrickson) Mirah plays the Roxy Theater Sun., March 18, at 8:30 PM, along with La Louma, Hermina Jean and Chris Sand. $10.

The Oh Hellos, Eurus In ancient Greek mythology, the Anemoi were wind gods, each associated with a cardinal direction and seasonal weather. The Oh Hellos, consisting of siblings Maggie and Tyler Heath, have chosen Notos (the warm, south wind) and Eurus (the east wind) to represent their latest studio albums. Following Notos, which had a stormy, energetic summer sound, Eurus progresses seasonally into a fall feel. If you close your eyes, you can see drifting leaves, and the early arrival of evening.

“O Sleeper,” the first track, paves a smooth path for the rest of the album, building from an instrumental intro to uptempo, foot-stomping folk. One of the best parts of the album is the seamless transition between

“Grow” and the title track. The transition flips the vocal lead from Maggie to Tyler, showcasing the effortless interplay and harmony that have characterized them from the start. Maggie’s voice swings between breezy and robust and is complemented by Tyler’s earthier, hushed force.

Each track emphasizes energetic fiddling and banjo accents that are intoxicating and intimate. The Oh Hellos have honed their ability to control the energy of their music. They’ll drive it up to get you clapping and then tone it down for a breath, all of which makes for a satisfying listen. (Micah Drew) The Oh Hellos play the Top Hat Thu., March 22, at 9 PM, along with Wildermiss. $20/$17 advance.

Spacemen 3, Dreamweapon British psychedelic warlords Spacemen 3 are forever etched on my psyche. For a long time, I was fascinated with their Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To LP. Mostly, just because of its name. I was sure my parents (or some other authority figure) would totally disapprove, or that somehow, it would turn me into a drug-addled space case (see: Reagan era/DARE program brainwash of the time).

So, I just had to guess what it was all about by reading about their legendary dysfunction, subsequent music projects and, yeah, their drug intake. It was a time when you couldn’t simply find a band’s full catalog on Bandcamp and dive in. And no one I knew had a copy that I could dub onto cassette.

The Superior Viaduct label recently re-issued this record, whose full title is Dreamweapon: an Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music. No sitars involved, of course. The title track is a 44-minute piece, with a mid-paced tremolo effect giving what would otherwise be a too-dry guitar part a propulsive and exploratory edge. For such simple music, it’s done to near perfection, and proves that sometimes, what’s most enjoyable is a well-steeped idea, with nearly all trappings removed. It’s almost a weird meditation on pop, rather than an actual pop song. Clearly 44 minutes is more than any formula for pop success would allow, but it still has the ability to remain interesting and timeless. (Josh Vanek)

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[theater]

On the inside

Kate Morris’ In the Snow breaks the fourth wall in a harrowing, experimental whodunit

by Sarah Aswell

photo by Amy Donovan

In the Snow stars, from left, Salina Chatlain, Hailey Faust and Jeremy Sher, who also choreographed the play’s major fight scene.

There’s a moment in In the Snow when the Nightmare Wolf is ordered to the corner of the stage — as it happens, the corner of the stage where I sat in the front row. He lay, curled and panting, a few inches from me, as I examined his rough wolfy costume, his blood-red painted toenails and the gray makeup smeared on his face and body, increasingly streaked with sweat.

Obviously, I knew that I was watching a play and that Nightmare Wolf was not really real. The man playing Nightmare Wolf (the supremely talented Jeff Medley) also obviously knew he was acting in a play. But the very odd thing about the evening was that Nightmare Wolf himself seemed to know that he was a fictional character — just as all of the other characters in the play did.

For example, one character, while in character, reminds the audience to turn their cell phones off at the beginning of the play, while sitting in a seat in the audience. For example, another character makes a remark about a prop being a prop during a moment in one scene, and about the lack of stagehands in another. For example, the characters sometimes speak their stage directions as they engage in them.

But this is not weird theater for weirdness’ sake.

It’s what assistant director Mason Wagner describes as Neo-Brechtian — a modern take on the work of Bertolt Brecht, in which plays are produced to max-

imize social impact and critical thought, and minimize fantasy and catharsis. That means that the audience of In the Snow is often reminded that they are watching a carefully produced story with a clear agenda, and just as often jarred out of getting lost in the story or thinking the characters are real people, all for the sake of delivering the play’s message.

You might assume that this kind of theater would be distracting or gimmicky or cute — and in poor conditions, I imagine it could be all those things at once. But in this production, the trick is pulled off mostly smoothly, creating an experience that stays with you after the production ends.

Written by Missoula playwright Kate Morris, directed by Kendra Potter and produced by BetweenTheLinesTheatre, In the Snow relies on a sparse stage consisting of two police interrogation tables, each lit by a single hanging light. The story follows Cora (Salina Chatlain), a police investigator, as she tries to solve the murder of Linda Gow (Laine Bonstein), a woman living on the fringes of society with a brain injury and a little boy named Aiden (Timothy Petite). The two suspects are social workers Elizabeth and Alan (Hailey Faust and Jeremy Sher), who are both struggling under the stress of their jobs as well as with their pasts and personal lives.

The play often feels like a balancing act: one that wobbles between self-awareness and the sub-

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conscious, waking and dream states, confidence and fear. Just as the audience is cognizant that it’s a play, the characters in that play dip in and out of imagined worlds and the daily performances of their jobs and lives. In many instances, characters speak over one another, or a disembodied voice speaks over the characters, leaving each individual audience member to choose which words to focus on and which to ignore. The result leaves you not only unsettled, but also uncomfortably aware of privileged voices.

In the Snow also leaves you thinking long and hard about things including motherhood, welfare and the nature of neglect — and how neglected the workers who help our society’s neglected really are. At the same time, it doesn’t force conclusions, but instead plants a seed of thought — at one point, a character asks a hard question about welfare, and the house lights are raised, creating an instant fear that there’s a chance you might be called on to answer.

There’s also one more balancing act going on here between the delivery of the message and the interest of the crowd. By nestling the play’s thoughtfulness into something between a police procedural and a murder mystery, Morris avoids the pitfall of a flat, message-heavy downer while adding a needed, complicating layer. The momentum of the modern whodunit engages viewers

and helps them navigate the other oddities of the story; in fact, the pulp fiction angle of the tale pulls the audience through the more difficult, sometimes mentally and emotionally harrowing aspects of the production.

Finally, the Nightmare Wolf that stalks the periphery of the play adds a visceral, truly emotionally affecting component to the play — something that is both very real and (in some cases, 6 inches) in front of you, as well as something that feels magical and otherworldly and intangible. I might know he’s just a character, and he might know that, too, but somehow, when all of the odd puzzle pieces of In the Snow fall into place, he’s as real and frightening as anything.

Morris proves in her play that experimental, socially important theater can still be highly entertaining, emotional and free of pretension, while the cast proves that they are a fine match for a difficult play. Equally, BetweenTheLines proves again that there’s a place for original, contemporary theater made by Missoulians in Missoula. Get out to see this one: The characters might know if you don’t.

In the Snow plays at the Roxy Thu., Fri. and Sat., March 15-17, at 7:30 PM, and Sun., March 18, at 2 and 7:30 PM. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

Dull pain A Fantastic Woman, but a storytelling fail

by Molly Laich

Daniela Vega stars in A Fantastic Woman.

It kind of blows my mind how much critics and audiences have proclaimed to enjoy A Fantastic Woman, a dull-as-dishwater dirge about a grieving woman after the unexpected death of her partner. The movie took home the Oscar for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards and currently enjoys a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I suspect that critics are responding mostly to its prescient subject matter.

Chilean actress Daniela Vega stars as Marina Vidal, a transgender woman living an exceedingly ordinary life in Santiago, where she works as a nightclub singer by night and a pretty bad waitress by day. In the opening scenes, we see Marina’s romance with her cis male partner, Orlando (Francisco Reyes), a good 30 years her senior, but whatever, they’re in love and he plainly doesn’t mind that she’s transgender. Everything’s fine until Orlando suddenly suffers an aneurysm and dies.

Let me pause here to explore some of the film’s strengths, lest I look like some kind of unfeeling, rightwing monster who loves oppression and hates change.

Casting an actual transgender woman in a role that too often goes to cis women is a big deal, and any kind of honest representation of transgender people and the real issues they face is a triumph. As such, the film serves as a gentle (bordering on cartoonish?) introduction to transgender issues.

After Orlando’s death, we watch a police officer aggressively persist in calling her “sir,� and it’s plainly dehumanizing and humiliating. Later, we’ll meet Orlando’s family and — big surprise — they’re awful. They repeatedly insist on calling her “it.� They are flagrantly disrespectful of her relationship with Orlando and dabble in some hate crimes. Even Marina’s supposed allies fail to truly understand her. In scene after scene, from locker rooms to police strip searches, we are presented with the enormous ignorance and challenges thrust upon a transgender person. It’s all terrible, no doubt

about that, but these downtrodden examples aren’t exactly forging new paths of understanding, either.

The crux of the plot centers on Marina’s inability to grieve her lover’s death with any dignity. Most pressingly, they won’t let her have her dog or attend Orlando’s funeral services. Oh look, a protagonist showing up unexpectedly at a wake where they aren’t welcome. On the clichĂŠd family drama meter, this falls just below “drunken speech at a wedding.â€?

Fans of this story applaud the film for its subtlety and crushing character study, but here’s the thing: Subtlety isn’t the fruitful stuff of cinema, and writer and director Sebastian Lelio is no Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women, Wendy and Lucy). If your plot is built on clichÊ and amounts to nothing, you better have some deep, burning poignancy brewing under the surface or else your script better be phenomenal or else you need a dynamite actress pulling us through the tedium. People have praised Vega’s performance, but to put it bluntly, I think they’re mistaken. I believed her pain well enough, but it never tipped over into anything particularly meaningful or transcendent.

Finally, we have A Fantastic Woman’s brief fantasy sequences, which include Orlando’s ghost standing around in the background doing nothing, a sudden wind and a brief and lifeless dance sequence. I get that the protagonist is mourning, but geez Louise, does the entire film have to die along with her?

There are splendid and wonderful films out there about trans issues (Tangerine) and the subject of how queers are given no space to grieve in the family setting (A Single Man), and I suspect in the future we’ll see a lot more of them, but this is not one of those films.

A Fantastic Woman opens at the Roxy Fri., March 16. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film]

OPENING THIS WEEK

boy wants to do is be a master calligrapher. I have a similar backstory. Not Rated. Stars the voice talents of Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally. Playing Sat., March 17 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

7 Days in Entebbe When all diplomatic efforts fail, the Israeli government sends a team of counter-terrorist operatives to take back a hijacked airplane in this, the fourth adaptation of the famous raid. This one was directed by the guy who did the Robocop remake, though.

Rated PG-13. Stars Rosamun Pike, Angel Bonanni and Lior Ashkenazi. Playing at the Southgate 9.

The Seventh Seal (1957) The world is ending before the eyes of a disillusioned and exhausted knight, trying to get home from the Crusades before the Grim Reaper catches up with him. This is a more dour film than its sequel, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Not Rated. Directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow. Playing Sun., March 18 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

A Fantastic Woman After the sudden death of her lover, a trans woman finds herself being shut out by her beloved's family.

Those stupid jerks. Rated R. Stars Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film)

Still Dreaming (2014) Residents at a home for long-retired Broadway entertainers put on a Shakespearean production in this wistful and hilarious documentary. Not Rated. Directed by Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller. Playing Wed., March 21 at 6:30 PM at the Roxy.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool In her prime, Gloria Grahame was an Oscar-winning actress. Now she's just another aging Hollywood star living out her final years. Seems like a great time to have a passionate love affair with a man 29 years her junior. Rated R. Stars Annette Bening, Jamie Bell and Vanessa Redgrave. Playing at the Roxy.

I Can Only Imagine Based on the most-played contemporary Christian song of all time, this film follows a young musician who deals with the death of his father by writing the most-played contemporary Christian song of all time.

We've got a real Ouroboros situation here. Rated PG. Stars J. Michael Finley, Dennis Quaid and Cloris Leachman. Playing at the AMC 12.

Tomb Raider Hollywood gives another go at adapting the longrunning video game series after trying their damnedest with Angelina Jolie a decade and a half ago. As reboots go, this one will probably have 100 percent less U2 on the soundtrack. Rated PG-13.

Stars Alicia Vikander, Dominic West and Daniel Wu. Playing at the Pharaohplex, the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9

NOW PLAYING The 15:17 to Paris Clint Eastwood's new film recounts the true story of the 2015 Thalys train attack, and the three Americans who put themselves in danger to save the lives of strangers. Rated PG-13. Stars several people playing themselves, plus Tony Hale and Jaleel White.

That's right. Urkel is in the new Eastwood movie.

Playing at the Southgate 9 Annihilation It's already killed soldiers and explorers, now a team of biologists, anthropologists and zoologists trek into a death zone to find out what behind all the carnage.

Rated R. Stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Oscar Isaac. Playing at the Pharaohplex.

Black Panther After making 10 movies starring white guys named Chris, Marvel Studios finally gives the king of Wakanda his own feature film. Black Panther must prevent a Shakespearean coup from kicking of a new world war. Rated. PG-13. Stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong'o.

Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

Brick (2005) Before setting global box office records with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson reinvented the noir genre with this gritty crime story.

Rated R. Stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie de Ravin and Richard Roundtree. Playing Thu., March 15 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

All she needs to do is beat Legolas, Hawkeye, Katniss and Merida to become the reigning movie archery champion. Alicia Vikander stars in Tomb Raider, opening at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

Death Wish Time to spin the wheel of pointless remakes! Professional creep Eli Roth teams up with Bruce Willis to update the 1974 rape-revenge flick that spawned four dreadful sequels. Just what everyone has been waiting for! Also stars Vincent D'Onofrio and Elizabeth Shue. Playing at the AMC 12, the Pharaohplex and the Southgate 9.

Festival Express (2003) In the summer of 1970, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band and a half-dozen other legends hopped aboard a train for a musical tour across Canada. Now the behind-the-scenes footage in this documentary reveals what we expected: rock stars are real weirdos. Rated R. Directed by Bob Smeaton. Playing Thu., March 15 at 7:30 PM at the Roxy.

Game Night A competitive couple's weekly board game get-together becomes the scene of a real-life murder mystery. Was it Professor Plum? I never trusted that guy.

Rated R. Stars Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and Billy Magnussen. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

The Greatest Showman P.T. Barnum might be best known for coining the phrase “there's a sucker born every minute,” but the life of the famed circus founder still has a few surprises up its musical sleeve. Rated PG. Stars Huge Jackman, Zac Efron and Zendaya. Showing at the Southgate 9.

Gringo All he has to do is take a trip to Mexico to retrieve the formula for a new high-tech cannabis pill for his corporate overlords. What could possibly go wrong? I'm glad we've reached a point as a culture where we can Maguffin-ize legal weed. Rated R. Stars David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron and Joel Edgerton. Playing at the Southgate 9 The Hurricane Heist The creator of the Fast and Furious films keeps spinning his wheels with this story of a team of tech hackers who plan to rob a U.S. Mint facility and use a Category 5 storm to cover their tracks. Rated PG-13.

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Stars Maggie Grace, Toby Kebbell and Ryan Kwanten.

Playing at the Pharaohplex and the Southgate 9.

Love, Simon The creator of Riverdale tells the story of a closeted gay teenager balancing friends, family and the blackmailer threatening to out him to the entire school.

Rated PG-13. Stars Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford and Jennifer Garner. Playing at the Southgate 9 and the AMC 12.

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) Ain't nothing better than using your magic sword to overthrow a tyrannical knight and smooch a princess, right? Rated R. Featuring Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller and a screenplay from the guy who made that Captain America movie starring J.D. Salinger's son. Playing Fri., March 16 at 9 PM at the Roxy.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Months after her daughter's unsolved murder, a mom erected three signs to make sure the cops heard her. Burma-Shave. Rated R. Stars Academy Award-winners Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell. Playing at the Pharaohplex.

Three Colors: Red (1994) Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy comes to an end with an examination of some truly Revolutionary ideals. Rated R. Stars Juliette Binoche, Irene Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Playing Mon., March 19 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

Monster (2003) Before she became a household name for helming last year's Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins directed Charlize Theron to Oscar gold in this true life tale of America's most prolific female serial killer. Rated R. Also stars Christina Ricci and Bruce Dern. Playing Thu., March 22 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

Thoroughbreds The best part of reconnecting with your emotionally deranged childhood friend is having someone to watch your back while you murder your stepfather. Not Rated. Stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke and Anton Yelchin in his final performance. Playing at the Roxy.

Moon (2009) Duncan Jones made his directorial debut with this heady sci-fi film about an astronaut miner that proves the acorn doesn't fall far from David Bowie's tree. This is also technically a prequel to Mute which hit Netflix last week. Don't watch that movie. Watch this one instead. Rated R. Stars Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey and Sam Rockwell. Sat., March 17 at 8 PM at the Roxy.

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste (2017) The world's most influential chefs address how people buy, cook, recycle and eat food. Rated TVMA. Directed by Anna Chai. Playing Mon., March 19 at 6:30 PM at the Roxy

Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter's beloved bunny makes the hop to the big screen as a fast-talking, twerking jerk who throws all-night ragers in Mr. McGregor's house. Rated PG. Featuring James Corden, Sam Neill and the realization no one at Sony knows how to read. Playing at the AMC 12.

Red Sparrow She's trained for years to be a deadly and sexy assassin. But will she give it all up for hunky Joel Edgerton? It's kind of embarrassing that 20th Century Fox made a Black Widow movie before Marvel did.

Rated R. Also stars Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Irons. Playing at the AMC 12, the Pharohplex and the Southgate 9.

The Secret of Kells (2009) There's a Viking war party on the attack, but all this

Wonder Woman (2017) The world is waiting for you, and the power you possess! That power being to be in a DC movie that isn't a dark and boring slog, of course. Rated PG-13. Stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Robin Wright. Playing Wed., March 21 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

A Wrinkle in Time Based on the classic book of the same name, a trio of children band together with astral travelers to save Chris Pine from a universe-spanning evil.

Rated PG. Also stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

Planning your trip to the local cinema? Get up-to-date listings and film times at theroxy theater.org, amctheatres.com and pharaoh plex.com to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities.

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Irish nachos

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

I didn’t know that St. Patrick’s Day was a big deal until I moved to Boston for college. My first year there, when March 17 rolled around, my Irish Catholic roommate woke me up with Dunkin’ Donuts coffee spiked with whiskey, and we dragged our caffeinated/buzzed selves to the dining hall where we ate a fried and processed-cheese-covered version of this recipe.

While our school cafeteria’s rendition of Irish nachos was totally subpar, I always remembered it as a dish with potential. More than a decade later, I make a Californiafied version for St. Paddy’s Day. Feel free to add any and all nacho toppings not seen here.

Serves 2-3 Ingredients 1 large russet potato, scrubbed and sliced into 1/8-inch slices 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper 2/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese (use sharp Irish cheddar if you want to be really authentic) 1 avocado, diced 2 scallions, sliced 3 tbsp sour cream (optional) 1/4 cup salsa or diced tomatoes (optional)

Directions Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the sliced potatoes with the olive oil and spread evenly on a baking sheet (make sure there is space between each potato slice).

Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.

Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the potatoes are golden-brown (leave the oven on).

Let cool for 5 minutes, then flip each potato slice over and arrange in a circular pattern (as pictured).

Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the potato slices and return to the hot oven. Bake for 6-7 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Slide onto a serving platter (a spatula helps — and it’s OK if the nachos don’t retain their original shape) and top with the avocado, scallions and sour cream and salsa, if using.

Serve hot.

BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20. Gabi Moskowitz is the blog’s editor in chief and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough: 100 Delicious Unexpected Recipes.

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“PROST!” Located above Bayern Brewery 1507 Montana Street Monday–Saturday | 11a–8pm BayernBrewery.com

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Bernice’s Bakery 190 S Third St W 728-135 A Missoula gem since 1978, serving lunch seven days a week from 11 - 4pm.

Daily menu includes scratch-made soups, salads, sandwiches and more. Bernice’s is also known for scrumptuous desserts including cupcakes, pastries, cookies, specialty cakes and the best coffe in town. Treat yourself to a bag of Bernice’s signature blend . . . locally roasted with love. Open 6am - 8pm daily. Find us out on FaceBook, Instagram or visit our website at www.bernicesbakerymt.com. $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus.

Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drivethru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am 10:30pm. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 45 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $

Chameleon Mobile Kitchen 1616 S 3rd St W (through May) 8340 Hwy 200 E (June-Sept) 214-1372 Our menu features slow-roasted meats and fresh seasonal veggies paired with diverse sauces and salsas made from scratch. Tacos, burritos, hot sandwiches, bowls and pasta. We also offer daily specials, seasonal drinks, and housebaked goods. We are fully equipped and selfcontained for on-site public and private events and offer drop-off catering. Call ahead for pickup. Online menu available on Google Maps.

Mon-Thurs 11:30 am - 9 pm. Fri-Sat 11:30 am 11 pm. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients.

Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area.

We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an awardwinning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts.

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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas.

Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:303pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pmclose. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine.

Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails.

Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available.

Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Nara Japanese/ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy its warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer, Wine and Sake. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended.

Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few.

For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos.

Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Tia’s Big Sky 1016 W. Broadway 317-1817 tiasbigsky.com We make locally sourced Mexican food from scratch. We specialize in organic marinated Mexican street chicken (rotisserie style) fresh handmade tortillas, traditional and fusion tamales, tacos, pozole and so much more. Most items on our menu are gluten free and we offer many vegetarian and vegan options. We also have traditional Mexican deserts, as well as drinks. Much of our produce is grown for us organically

by Kari our in house farmer! Eat real food at Tia’s!

Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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Barrel-aged Manhattans at the Broadway

HAPPIEST HOUR

photo by Erika Fredrickson

What you’re drinking: Manhattans are usually mixed at the bar, but the Broadway’s new version mixes Bulleit Rye and Carpano Antica Formula (a high-end Italian vermouth) and ages them together in an oak barrel for 100 days. How new is the drink? On a recent Tuesday afternoon, general manager Dave Jenks was just starting to decant the 10 liters of Manhattans into bottles. Front-of-house manager and bartender Brian Edmands fixed up a glass for me, afterward remarking, “I haven’t even tasted it yet!” After a long sip he nodded knowingly. “It’s delicious.”

How to drink it: For James Bond, drinks are always shaken, but unnecessary roughness disrupts the smooth flavor of this Manhattan. Three ounces are poured into a glass of ice and stirred for two suspenseful minutes. Edmands says you can have it neat, but he recommends it with a single large ice cube, aka, “on the rock,” topped with a Bordeaux cherry.

What it tastes like: It has a rich, earthy oak flavor that plays off the vermouth’s vanilla

notes. It’s smooth and mellow, and the simple presentation makes it seem pretty classy.

Where you’re drinking it: The Broadway is a sports bar with dated decor, save for one industrial-chic brick wall. But what’s cool about the bar are Jenks and Edmands (and some friendly regulars) who, along with a third bartender, Chance Pipal, have a passion for experimentation. Last year, they made a peach-infused Old Fashioned (it went fast) and a Limoncello (still available). “I think the new generation is looking for quality over quantity,” Jenks says. “They eat a lot less processed foods, drink a lot more local beer, eat a lot more local food — they care where everything comes from. And that’s a good thing.”

Where to find it: 1609 West Broadway.

Opens at 4 p.m. daily.

—Erika Fredrickson Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

2230 McDonald Ave, Missoula, MT 59801 Sunday–Thursday 2–9PM Friday & Saturday 12–9PM

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WED | 6 PM Multi-instrumentalist Kyle Boone plays Great Burn Brewing Wed., March 21 from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

TUE | 7 PM The live storytelling of Tell Us Something returns to the Wilma Tue., March 20. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $10/$8 advance.

SUN | 8 PM Comedian Christopher Titus plays the Wilma Sun., March 18. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM. $35/$32.50 advance.

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FRI | 7:30 PM Bassist Erik Applegate plays the 38th Annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival at the Dennison Theatre Fri., March 16 at 7:30 PM. $25.

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Thursday The 38th Annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival brings some of the best jazz musicians in the country to the Dennison Theatre. 7:30 PM. Visit umt.edu/music for a full schedule and lineup. $25/$40 for both days.

Nicky Phear, director of UM’s Climate Change Studies, hosts a talk on the changing climate and culture of Vietnam. University Center room 331. 12 PM. Free and open to the public.

Missoula Insectarium feeds live crickets to one of its hungry predators at 3:30 PM every Thursday. $4.

nightlife Smokestack and the Foothill Fury provide the bluegrass soundtrack at Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

Travelling troubadour Ed Masuga plays Draught Works at 6 PM. Free.

Celebrate the equinox with a meal featuring ceremonial and holiday dishes from the worldﾒs major religious groups. Moonlight Kitchens.

6 PM–9 PM. $55.

Standing Alongside America’s Muslims hosts author Jamal Rahman for a three-week series about the enlightened heart of Islam. Congregation Har Shalom. 6:30 PM. Free Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM Award-winning journalist and author Gwen Florio reads from her new mystery novel Under the Shadows at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM. Free.

Dr. David Hooper gives a lecture on the indigenous botanists of pre-

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Friday colonial America. Gallagher Business Building Room L09. 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

BetweenTheLines Theater’s production of Missoula playwright Kate Morris’ In the Snow continues at the Roxy Theater. 7:30 PM. $20 Four actors play 150 characters in the mad-cap comedy The 39 Steps, continuing at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $20–$25.

Take a trip back to the ‘60s for a nostalgic concert with the folkprotest music of singer-songwriters Judy Fjell and Nancy Schimmel.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Missoula. 7:30 PM. Free.

All those late nights watching game show reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Combine mediation and dance at Sacred Shimmy at Downtown Dance Collective. Visit carolannelesser.com for more information.

7:45 PM. $10.

The Motet unleashes its fiery funk at the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $22/$20 advance.

Bob Wire slides into the Sunrise Saloon for your dancing pleasure.

8:30 PM. Free.

Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action featuring himself, DJ TRex and a rotating cast of local DJs projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.

The 38th Annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival brings some of the best jazz musicians in the country to the Dennison Theatre.

7:30 PM. Visit umt.edu/music for a full schedule and lineup. $25/$40 for both days.

Ready, set, glow! The 6th Annual Griz Glow 5K Fun Run kicks off at 8 PM at the University of Montana Golf Course. $30.

The Alexander Blewett III School of Law commemorates Montana’s astounding history of stream access laws with a symposium from 9 AM–4:30 PM. Free and open to the public.

If the brewery is rockin’, don’t bother barkin’, come on in. Jackson Holte and the Highway Patrol play Imagine Nation Brewing. All proceeds support shelter pets at the Humane Society of Western Montana. 5 PM–8 PM. $5.

Brewed from the 15,000 pounds of apples harvest by Missoulians, Western Cider hosts a release party for The Great Bear Community Cider from 5 PM–10 PM. Free.

The University of Montana Creative Writing program brings together writers from all walks of life for Writing @ Work, an afternoon of community and collaboration for those who worship the written word.

Visit hs.umt.edu/ creativewriting for a full list of events.

nightlife Stand-up comedian Zack Jarvis takes you on a historical and hilarious tour of Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM. Free.

Karl Marx loves this band. The Workers play Ten Spoon Winery from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Tango Practica at Downtown Dance Collective lets you bust a move in a friendly, welcoming environment. 6 PM–7:30 PM. $5 suggested donation.

BetweenTheLines Theatre’s production of Missoula playwright Kate Morris’ In the Snow continues at the Roxy Theater. 7:30 PM. $20.

Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the jazzy soundtrack at Plonk Wine Bar. 8 PM–11 PM. Free.

Comedians from across Montana come to the Roxy Theater to go head-to-head at the second round of Missoula’s HomeGrown Comedy Competition. 8 PM. $11.

Singer-songwriter Kelsey Lyn plays the Stone of Accord. 8 PM. Free.

Four actors play 150 characters in the mad-cap comedy The 39 Steps, continuing at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts.

7:30 PM. $20–$25.

This month’s I’ll House You tures guest DJ channel 5 k resident DJ Hotpantz on decks. The Badlander. 9 Free.

Celebrate the end of winter with a formal ball featuring the music of the Skurfs and Mermaid Book Club. Is this formal or Missoula formal? I need to know how many Patagonia layers to wear.

Free Cycles. 8 PM–11 PM. $5.

Zepeda, Earthquake Weather and Helena’s Beat Deaf unite for a night of music at the VFW. 9 PM. $3.

Now that’s a good-looking sausage! Gorgeous Franks bring high-energy blues to the Eagles. 8 PM. Free.

Sirquit, Arch and Alex Anderson headline the latest installment of the Mad Hat electronic music series at the Top Hat. Doors at 10 PM, show at 10:30 PM. $5/21plus. $10/18–20.

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Band in Motion keeps on moving at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

mister write

Spotlight In a 2007 interview with Vice, editor Gary Fisketjon talks about the intimate and keen task of editing a writer’s manuscript. “I’ve known all sorts [of editors],” he told interviewer Amie Barrowdale at the time. “But I should think the best would prove to be patient, understanding, careful, honest, and forthright rather than falsely flattering or disingenuous … and sympathetic as well about all the trying circumstances all writers face nearly all the time. We’re all in this together.”

Fisketjon should know what it takes: He’s edited Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Richard Ford, Haruki Murakami, Donna Tartt, Cormac McCarthy and UM’s Bill Kittredge, just to name a few. The renowned editor and VP of Knopf publishing will be part of UM’s Writing @ Work conference, which is open to the community for anyone interested in writing. The event begins at noon with opening remarks from Debra

Singer-songwriter Kelsey Lyn plays the Stone of Accord Fri., March 16 at 8 PM. Free.

Magpie Earling and continues with talks from editors including Brian Schott of the Whitefish Review, writers such as Pete Fromm, Chris Dombrowski, Heather Cahoon and Sarah Aswell, plus Fisketjon and others in the publishing world. Top-notch writing tips for free? Damn. For wordsmiths of any background, that’s a golden opportunity.

— Erika Fredrickson WHAT: Writing @ Work Conference WHERE: University Center Theater WHEN: Fri., March 16, from noon to 5 PM HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: Call Karin Schalm at 243-5267

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Sunday

Need a little inspiration to get out of bed on the weekend? Come join Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday morning runs at the Runner’s Edge at 8 AM. Open to all skill levels.

David Horgan, Beth Lo and Antonio Alvarez provide the soundtrack at Bayern Brewery from 11 AM–2 PM. Free.

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Saturday

The Montana Conversations Series welcomes immigration law expert Shahid Haque for a discussion on immigration and refugee law at Blewett School of Law. 1 PM–3 PM. Free and open to the public.

Draught Works hosts a day of St. Paddy’s shenanigans with performances from TopHouse, Celtic Dragon Pipe Band and Missoula’s Irish Dancers. 10 AM–8 PM. Free.

Grand Marshal Chris Behan leads the St. Patrick’s Day Parade from Spruce and Higgins to Beckwith. Lineup at 11 AM, departure at noon.

Get lost in the Barmuda Triangle.

Red’s, Monk’s, Bodega and the Badlander present a street block party featuring DJ Xtra Guac, bagpipers and a whiskey tasting.

12 PM–10 PM. Four actors play 150 characters in the mad-cap comedy The 39 Steps, continuing at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 2 PM. $20–$25.

Celtic Dragon Pipe Band plays Draught Works Sat., March 17 at 7 PM. Free.

Four actors play 150 characters in the mad-cap comedy The 39 Steps, continuing at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts.

7:30 PM. $20–$25.

Now that’s a good-looking sausage! Gorgeous Franks bring high-energy blues to the Eagles.

8 PM. Free.

Singer-songwriter Kelsey Lyn plays the Stone of Accord. 8 PM. Free.

The Missoula Senior Center gets into the festivities with a corned beef and caggage dinner and the music of the Starlighter’s Swing Band. Dinner at 5:30 PM, music at 6:30 PM. $8 dinner/$7 show.

I wanna shamrock and shamroll all night and party every day.

The Public House hosts the live music of Cashew Money, Shark Buffalo, Innasci and Tahj and the Sweatshop Sneakers. 8:30 PM– 2 AM. $8/$5 21-plus.

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Celebrate St. Patty’s day with The Ruins, an indie rock band with melodic male-female vocals.

Show starts at 9pm and goes until 1am. Catch the shuttle from downtown at the Silver Dollar!

BetweenTheLines Theatre’s production of Missoula playwright Kate Morris’ In the Snow continues at the Roxy Theater. 7:30 PM. $20.

DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with two for one Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free.

Metal Mixup is back at the Dark Horse. Your favorite Missoula metal, hard rock and punk musicians draw random band members from a hat, and then perform with brand new bands.

9 PM. Free. (See Spotlight) Locksaw Cartel and Enzymes play the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10:15. Free Cash for Junkers provides the seasonal tunes at the Union Club’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration. 9:30 PM. Free.

Andrea Harsell & Luna Roja celebrate both St. Patrick’s Day and the American Legion’s birthday with a perfect storm of parties.

10 PM. Free.

BetweenTheLines Theatre’s production of In the Snow continues at the Roxy Theater. 2 PM. $20.

ter for the Performing Arts. 6:30 PM. $20–$25.

The Dram Shop celebrates the greatest women in wine with an international tasting from 6:30 PM– 8:30 PM. $30.

nightlife Comedian Christopher Titus plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $35/$32.50 advance.

Four actors play 150 characters in the mad-cap comedy The 39 Steps, continuing at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 2 PM. $20–$25.

Chad Okrusch provides the tunes at Draught Works from 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Indulge your inner Lisa Simpson with live jazz and a glass of craft beer on the Brooklyn’s Mirah plays a special concert at the river every Sunday at Roxy Theater Sun., March 18 at 8:30 PM. $10.

Imagine Nation Brewing.

5 PM–8 PM. Kate Morris’ In the Snow finishes Caffe Dolce celebrates its 10 year its run at the Roxy Theater. 7:30 anniversary. Lamb burgers, good PM. $20. wine and the music of the Shakey Trio. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM with a toast Brooklyn’s Mirah and Los Angeles’s La Louma play a night of DIY to ten years at 7 PM sharp. $30. music with local support from HerBe the voice you want to hear in the mina and Chris Sand. The Roxy. world at Slammin’ Poetry at Imag- 8:30 PM. $10. ine Nation Brewing. Text 406-544Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” 9026 to sign up. 6 PM–8 PM. at the Badlander. Play cornhole, Four actors play 150 characters in beer pong and other games, have the mad-cap comedy The 39 drinks and forget tomorrow is Steps, continuing at the MCT Cen- Monday. 9 PM.

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Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM. Is your kiddo the next Graham Clark? Head down to Missoula BASE for an all-ages comedy open mic. 6 PM. Free.

nightlife Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there.

Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Where was Tim Allen’s neighbor when JFK was shot, huh? The Absent Wilson Conspiracy plays Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

Motown on Mondays puts the s-ou-l back into Missoula. Resident DJs Smokey Rose and Mark Myriad curate a night of your favorite Motor City hits at the Badlander.

9 PM. Free.

Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus.

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The live storytelling of Tell Us Something returns to the Wilma.

This special installment has local Missoulians sharing their true personal stories around the theme “Right Place, Right Time” Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $10/$8 advance.

answer to is why we don’t call it the Meagher Beagher. Trivia Night at Thomas Meagher Bar lets you show off that superior intellect of yours. 8 PM. Free.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tues-

day at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free.

This week’s trivia question: Kentucky Fried Chicken opened its doors for the first time on today’s date in 1930. What is Colonel Sanders’ first name? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.

This next song is about drinking a LaCroix in your Subaru with your dog. Missoula Music Showcase features local singers and songwriters each week at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Missoula Insectarium’s evening lecture series Bugs and Brews continues with local beer, local experts and local insects. This month learn about the most musical of insects. 6:30 PM. $8/$5 members.

The Rivers Will Run Lecture Series continues with Denielle Perry and Lessons for Advancing Resilient River Ecosystems. Gallagher Business Building room 123. 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

Peabody Award-winning broadcaster Krista Tippett, the host of On Being, is joined by Erick Erickson and Sally Kohn to explore civility and politics. Dennison Theatre. 7 PM. Free.

nightlife The only thing I want to know the

Broadcaster Krista Tippett records a live episode of On Being at the Dennison Theatre Tue., March 20 at 7 PM. Free.

Spotlight I don't know if I'll ever forgive him for changing his stage name from Jonny Corndawg back to the less delicious Jonny Fritz.

Sure, it made him sound like a novelty act, which might stop folks from listening to his genre-rattling alt-country, but come on, Jonny Corndawg is such a great name!

WHAT: Drink & Draw with Jonny Fritz WHERE: Western Cider WHEN: Wed., March 21 at 5:30 PM, 6 PM and 6:30 PM HOW MUCH: $5 MORE INFO: westerncider.com

The Montana-born musician serves as a model for Drink & Draw, the inaugural collaboration between Western Cider and Zootown Arts Community Center. Participants of all skill levels are invited to come try their hand at creating a portrait of the musician while he sits as still as possible.

How still is yet to be seen. Your $5 entry gets you a glass of cider, drawing materials and a half hour of drawing time. The best portrait wins a secret grand prize. I'm not saying you'd be more likely to win if you drew him as a giant corn dog, but I'm saying fortune favors the bold. Spots are limited for the three drawing slots, so RSVP ASAP. –Charley Macorn

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Rappers Apathy and Celph Titled play Monk’s at 8 PM. $20.

Larry Burton discusses transforming plain glass into murals, landscapes and geometric patterns at Art Associates of Missoula’s monthly meeting. Missoula Art Museum. 10 AM–12 PM.

Convergence Gallery.

7 PM. Email e3gallery@e3gallerymissoula.com to sign up.

Musician Jonny Fritz serves as the model at the inaugural Drink & Draw at Western Cider. Entry, a glass of cider and drawing materials for $5.

RSVP at westerncider@gmail.com. Sessions at 5:30 PM, 6 PM and 6:30 PM.

Cork & Spark provide the jazzy soundtrack at the Top Hat. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week raise a glass for Walk to Cure Diabetes. 5 PM–8 PM. Betray your pals at the house on the hill, settle the island of Catan and cure a pandemic at Board Game Night at Retrofix Games. 6 PM–10 PM. Multi-instrumentalist Kyle Boone plays Great Burn Brewing from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Did Fido get kicked out of Black Panther?

Movie night at Wagg’n Indoor Dog Park lets you enjoy a movie with your fourlegged friend at 6:15 PM. $10. This month catch Bolt.

The slam is back! Poetry Slam brings verbal prowess and lyrical acrobatics to E3

nightlife Flip over to Food Network to see Biga Pizza’s Bob Marshall compete on Guy’s Grocery Games. He’d better bring back enough Flavortown ranch dressing koozies for all of Missoula. 7 PM. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Harland.

Rappers Apathy & Celph Titled bring the Widow’s Son Tour to Monk’s. 8 PM. $20.

Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander.

9:30 PM. No cover.

Every Wednesday is Beer Bingo at the Thomas Meagher Bar. Win cash prizes along with beer and liquor giveaways. 8 PM. Free.

My DJ name is RNDM LTTRS. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 8 PM.

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Thursday Arts Missoula’s annual Arts & Culture Awards honor those who have changed Missoula with their work in the arts. I still haven’t been nominated, but that’s fine. I don’t care.

Doubletree Hotel. 11:30 AM. $30.

Missoula Insectarium feeds live crickets to one of its hungry predators at 3:30 PM every Thursday. $4.

UM Women’s Resource Center hosts Dr. Elizabeth Hubble for a talk on how Christine de Pizan dealt with 15th-century trolls, bullies and mansplainers. 5 PM. Free and open to the public.

My favorite cocktail! Good Old Fashioned plays Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Standing Alongside America’s Muslims hosts author Jamal Rahman for a three-week series about the enlightened heart of Islam.

Congregation Har Shalom. 6:30 PM. Free Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM

nightlife Missoula’s HomeGrown Comedy Showcase/Open Mic brings seasoned stand-up comedians and bright-eyed newbies to the Roxy Theater. This month’s headliner is Aaron Juhl. He might try to sell you insurance. 7:30 PM. Concessions purchase for admission.

All those late nights watching game show reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown.

7:30–10 PM. Tango Alpha Tango and WRINKLES bring the Dust Up Tour to Monk’s. 8 PM. $7/$5 advance.

Well that’s a fine how-do-you-do! The Oh Hellos play the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $20/$17 advance.

Tango Alpha Tango plays Monk's Thu., March 22 at 8 PM. $7/$5 advance.

Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.

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Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

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The Matt Stivers Band plays the Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 PM.

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Spotlight In 2005, British radio station Planet Rock held a poll, asking listeners to vote for their favorite vocalist, drummer, guitarist and bassist to create a fantasy rock supergroup.

This small poll got a lot of international attention, however, when the “ideal supergroup” ended up being Led Zeppelin. The members of the classic hard rock band took top spot in all four categories, proving once again that regardless of background, political leaning or religion, we can all come together to agree that no one rocks harder than Zeppelin. What got less attention, however, was the rest of the supergroups created by the poll. The number two band was made

up of Slash, John Entwistle and Neil Peart backing up Freddie Mercury. I would give a few of my more favorite teeth to hear a song by the number 8 band, featuring Stevie Nicks, Joe Satriani, Lemmy Kilmister and Roger Taylor.

While it's fun to imagine these what-ifs, the Dark Horse offers you a chance to see this idea in practice with your favorite local metal, hard rock and punk bands. Members from Universal Choke Sign, Blessiddoom and Walking Corpse Syndrome among many others get all shook up at the return of Metal Mixup. Bands will be created by drawing random band members from a hat

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to form five-piece ensembles. After the band is christened with a random name generator, the new groups will have 15 minutes to show off their new band's rock chops. The night ends with a round robin tapout jam, and nobody is going to be happy until it hits a straight hour of rock.

–Charley Macorn WHAT: Metal Mixup WHERE: The Dark Horse WHEN: Sat., March 17 at 9 PM HOW MUCH: Free

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THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Standing Alongside America's Muslims hosts author Jamal Rahman for a three-week series about the enlightened heart of Islam. Congregation Har Shalom. 6:30 PM. Free.

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

Say what you want about America, but we are really great at putting people in prison. So good in fact, that we routinely lock up innocent people for decades before releasing them back into a world with a hearty thumbs-up, a clap on the back and the promise it'll never happen again. These American prisons that we magnanimously release innocent people from aren't the cushy European style of prisons that strive to reform criminals, either. Oh no. They are, in the words of civil rights lawyer and University of Montana Law School graduate Nicholas J. Hyde, “Quite fucked.”

The University of Montana National Lawyers Guild's Week Against Mass Incarcera-

tion kicks off Monday with film screenings, community discussions, letter-writing campaigns and more. The weeklong event hopes to inform the public, not just on the state of the American Prison Industrial Complex, but on alternatives to mass incarceration. There will be workshops on racial profiling, demonstrations, immigration raids and government surveillance.

—Charley Macorn The Week Against Mass Incarceration starts Mon., March 19 at 12 PM at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law. Visit nationalimmigrationproject.org for more information.

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If the brewery is rockin', don't bother barkin', come on in. Jackson Holte and the Highway Patrol play Imagine Nation Brewing. All proceeds support shelter pets at the Humane Society of Western Montana. 5 PM–8 PM. $5.

Raise funds for Missoula International School at a star-studded fundraiser at the Wilma. 6 PM– 9 PM. $50.

Public Library Appraisal Fair. $10 per item or $15 for 2. 1 PM. Proceeds support library programming.

MONDAY, MARCH 19 The University of Montana National Lawyers Guild hosts a week of community discussions, film screenings and panels about mass incarceration and immigration. Visit nationalimmigrationproject.org for more info and a full schedule of events.

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A panel discussion on the intersections of disabilities and queerness aims for understanding and community. University Center Room 224. 6 PM–7 PM. Free and open to the public.

Have your family heirlooms, personal treasures and curiosities evaluated by a group of experts at the 7th Annual Friends of Missoula

Montana Innocence Project hosts a screening of Final Appeal: Katie Garding as part of its Wrongful Conviction Film Series. Missoula Pub-

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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Mountain High ne of the earliest memories I have of my dad is him rigging up my fishing line and instructing me on how to cast into a pond and wait for the bobber to jump, indicating a bluegill was on the hook. Years later, I recall standing in the middle of the local park with paper clips attached to fly rods as I tried to master the “10 and two” action needed to loop my line in the perfect “S” shape.

When I moved to Montana, I took advantage of the free fishing weekend the state allows for Father’s Day in June (mark your calendars) as a chance to bring my dad up to some of the best trout streams in the country. (Insert Norman Maclean quote here). Despite never truly falling in love with the idea of fishing, I learned to appreciate it as a

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Anyone who shares that same passion will likely love watching films about it, in the same way I can watch films of trail running all night long.

Enter the fifth annual Montana Fishing Film Festival. The festival will showcase four films that represent the best of cinematic fishing. The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers will host a showing next week for all fishophiles.

— Micah Drew The Montana Fishing Film Festival will show at the Dennison Theatre Thu., March 22, from 6 PM – 8 PM. $12.

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Five Valleys Audubon's Advanced Birding Workshop continues with a talk with Larry Weeks about sparrows. Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks. 7 PM. $15.

Snowbowl's annual bell-to-bell competition pits teams of two against each other in allmountain competition. 10 AM–4:30 PM. Visit montanasnowbowl.com/vertical-challenge for more info and registration.

The bi-monthly Women in Wilderness conversation series continues. Celebrate women working in wild and public lands at University Center Room 333. 6 PM. Free.

SATURDAY, MARCH 16 Ready, set, glow! The 6th Annual Griz Glow 5K Fun Run kicks off at 8 PM at the University of Montana Golf Course. $30.

See the newest in hiking packs, bicycle bags and more when Big Sky Canvas hosts the Great Rockies Sportshow. 11 AM–2 PM. Free.

SUNDAY, MARCH 17 Run like someone is stealing your pot o' gold.

Run Wild Missoula's Run for the Luck of It fun run offers a great way to burn off calories for all that beer you're going to be drinking. Bonner Park. 9 AM. $28–$30.

The Great Rockies Sportshow continues at Big Sky Canvas. 10 AM–4 PM. Free

The Great Rockies Sportshow continues at Big Sky Canvas. 10 AM–4 PM. Free.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Emily Jensen leads a workshop to help women become more confident when working on their bike. Free Cycles. Free, but donations appreciated.

THURSDAY, MARCH 22 The Montana Fishing Film Fest returns to the Dennison Theatre with the best trout anglers from the Rocky Mountains. 6 PM–8 PM. $12 Five Valleys Audubon's Advanced Birding Workshop continues with a talk with Alex Hughes on gulls, the squirrels of the skies.

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Designer Assistant. Lumber and design company looking to hire a long-term Designer Assistant. Will support the Designers, welcome walk-in customers, and clean the showroom. Please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to job #31041 for a full job description.

Earn $300-$1000 per month working part-time! The Missoulian is looking for reliable individuals to deliver the daily newspaper in the Missoula, Bitterroot and Flathead areas. For individual route details go to: missoulian.com/carrier If you’re looking for extra income,

are an early riser and enjoy working independently, you can make money and be done before most people get going with their day. If this sounds like you, please submit your inquiry form today at missoulian.com/carrier or call 406523-0494.You must have a valid driver’s license and proof of car insurance. This is an independent contractor business opportunity.

Experienced metal stud framers for a large job in Missoula. Contact us at 307732-0144 for more information.

HR Manager. Manufacturing company seeking to hire a Human Resource Manager. Will develop HR plans and strategies, recruit and hire employees, and process employee payroll. Please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to job #31059 for a full job description.

Looking for someone to help clean office buildings on Thursday evenings, 3 to 5 hours. Pays $10 an hr. Must pass a national background check. Call Melody 240-4501.

SKILLED LABOR Boiler and Kiln Operator. Montana lumber company is looking to hire a longterm Boiler Operator. Will be maintaining equipment, testing water and making chemical adjustments, and cleaning grates. Please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to job #31032 for a full job description.

Planer Worker. Montana lumber company is looking to hire a long-term Planer Worker. Responsible for the drychain tasks in the planer mill. This position offers career advancement with full benefits. Please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com a refer to job #7045 for a full job description.

HEALTH GUIDED CARE PROGRAM MANAGER TRIBAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT The successful applicant must possess a Bachelor’s degree in a health

related or human services field, with 3 years administrative experience, including supervision of staff and managing budgets. Healthcare coordination/care management experience preferred.

Basic Life Support Certification preferred, required within six months of hire. Must pass a background and suitability check according to Public Law 101-630; the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act. All applicants must submit a Tribal application, copy of academic transcript, copy of current valid driver’s license, and proof of enrollment in a federally recognized Tribe if other than CSKT and if claiming veteran’s preference, a copy of DD214 must be submitted. This is not a Testing Designated Position (TDP) within the definition of the CSKT Drug Testing policy. The successful applicant, if not already employed by CSKT must pass a pre-hire drug test and serve a mandatory six (6) month probationary period. Salary is $24.84 to $28.92 per hour. To apply, contact Personnel at (406) 675-2700 Ext. 1043.Tribal applications are also available on-line at csk-

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WAITY ISSUES

I’m a married gay woman.

Whenever I ask my wife to discuss some problem in our relationship, she’ll say, “Can we talk about this tomorrow” (or “later”)? Of course, there’s never a “tomorrow.” I end up feeling resentful, and this makes even a minor issue turn into a big deal. Help.

—Postponed Putting things off is a relief in the moment but usually costs you big-time in the long run — like when you procrastinate in going to the dermatologist until the mole on your neck has a girlfriend and a dog.

Procrastination — the “See ya later, alligator!” approach to problem-solving — is defined by psychologists as voluntarily delaying some action we need to take, despite our knowing that doing this will probably make the ultimate outcome much worse. Procrastinating seems seriously dumb, right? But consider the sort of tasks we put off. Chances are, nobody needs to nag you 45 times to eat cake or have what you’re pretty sure will be mind-blowing sex.

Research by social scientists Fuschia Sirois and Timothy Pychyl suggests that procrastination is a form of mood management — a knee-jerk emotional reaction to emotional stress that involves putting “short-term mood repair over long-term goal pursuit.”

I know — not exactly the stuff Valentine’s Day cards are made of. But focus on the “kneejerk” aspect of the mood management response. Psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains that our brain has two systems — an instinctive, fast-responding emotional system that jumps right in and a slower rational system that we have to force to do its job.

That’s because reasoning — applying judgment to some dreaded problem — takes what Kahneman calls “mental work.” We have to make ourselves focus on the problem and then put cognitive energy into figuring things out.

That’s a grim chore — the antithesis of a mood booster. And that’s probably why there’s a term “pay attention!” but there’s no “pay emotion!”

Emotion is automatic. It just busts out, all “An issue to discuss? Oh, wouldja look at the time?! I believe I’m five minutes late for moving to Florida!”

Because personality traits tend to be consistent over time and across situations, chances are your wife has a habit of ducking all sorts of emotionally uncomfortable stuff. Understanding this — as well as why we procrastinate — can help you see her ducking as a human flaw rather than a sign that a particular human doesn’t love her wife.

To keep resentment from poisoning your relationship, when she says “tomorrow...” say, “Awesome, babe. What time works for you?”

Maybe even have a regular weekly wine ‘n’ chat.

Ideally, the conversations should mostly be loveydovey, not the sort she prefers to have on the third Tuesday in never: “Okay, I could have my toenails pulled out with rusty pliers or have this conversation.This isn’t to say I’m dreading it; I just want to give some thought to how attached I am to wearing open-toe shoes.”.

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I’m a 33-year-old guy on the dating scene, looking for a relationship. I’m pretty picky, so most of my dating isn’t going past the three-week mark. My problem is that it seems mean to call a woman and tell her why I’m not interested, but it also seems mean to just ghost — disappear on her without telling her why. What’s a good and kind way to end things?

—Nice Dude It’s disappointing when a prospective relationship isn’t working, but it’s much worse when it just disappears. Can you imagine coming home one day and your stove is just ... gone?

“Ghosting” somebody you’ve been dating — vanishing forever, sans explanation — cues what psychologists call the “Zeigarnik effect,” which describes the mind’s habit of annoying us (over and over and over) to get “closure” when we have unfinished business.

Some people “ghost” because they have all the conscience of a deer tick; others believe (or tell themselves) that it’s kinder than laying out exactly why they’re done. But consider that when moving on, you only need to communicate one essential thing: There will be no more of you in their future.

Should a woman press you for further info, stick to vague explanations — “spark just wasn’t there” — instead of going into detail about, say, how her breath reminds you of a decomposing gerbil. Also to be avoided are explanations that give a woman hope that your vamoosage is temporary — for example, telling her you have to end it with her because you still aren’t over your ex.That can lead to a closure of sorts — of the zipper on the tent she’s pitched on the grassy area in the middle of your cul-de-sac. (Stalker? Um, she prefers “watchful urban camper.”)

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All applicants must submit a Tribal application, certified copy of academic transcript/training certificate, completed supplemental background questionnaire, copy of current valid driver’s license, and proof of enrollment from a federally recognized Tribe if other than CSKT and if claiming veteran’s preference a copy of DD214 must be submitted. This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) within the definition of the CSKT Drug Testing policy.The successful applicant, if not already employed by the Tribes must pass a pre-hire drug test and serve a mandatory six (6) month probationary period. Salary is $22.58 to $ 26.30 per hour plus benefits. To apply, contact Tyshina Whitworth, Personnel at (406) 675-2700 Ext. 1043. Closing date will be 3/22/18. CSKT IS A TRIBAL MEMBER PREFERENCE EMPLOYER

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM COORDINATOR TRIBAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT The successful applicant must possess an Associate of Arts degree in a health related or business administration field and one (1) year experience in an administrative capacity or 5 years’ experience in program management including experience managing grants and/or contracts.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP Katherine C. Holliday (MT Bar #9965, Carmody Holliday Legal Services, PLLC, PO Box 8124, Missoula, MT 59807 tel. 406.830.3327 katie@carmodyhollidaylaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. 1 CAUSE NO. DV-17-737 (ADDITIONAL) SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION PLUM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, MANAGER ON BEHALF OF 1421 EATON STREET, INC. PLAINTIFF, V. NICOLE STEVENSON F/K/A NICOLE PASTIAN, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: NICOLE STEVENSON F/K/A NICOLE PASTIAN 1421 Eaton St., Unit #33 Missoula, MT 59801 The above-captioned action is a Cause of Action against you is to in part foreclose a lien upon the real property located at 1421 Eaton St., Unit #33, Missoula, MT 59801. A lawsuit has been filed against you. Within 21 days after the service of this summons on you or (42 days if you are the State of Montana, a state agency, or a state officer or employee), you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. Do not include the day you were served in your calculation of time. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney, if plaintiff is represented by an attorney, whose name and address are listed above.

If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court.

WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, this 1 day of March, 2018. /s/

SHIRLEY E. FAUST, CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT BY: /s/ Emily Hensen, DEPUTY CLERK Montana Fourth Judicial Court Missoula County Cause No.: DV-18186 Dept. No. 1 Leslie Halligan Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of David Jimenez, Petitioner This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from David Camilo Jimenez to David Camilo LeMasters. The hearing will be on 04/04/2018 at 11:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: March 2, 2018. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Maria Cassidy, Deputy Clerk of Court Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County Cause No.: DV-18-132 Dept. No.: 3 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of James David Beresgvoy Brown, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from James David Beresgvoy Brown to James David Beresovoy. The hearing will be on 04/19/2018 at 10:00. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 3-6-18 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DR-09-213 Department No. 2 Summons for Publication IN RE THE MARRIAGE/PARENTING OF Michael J. Drake, Petitioner, and Tamar S. Winn, Respondent.THE STATE OF

MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: You, the Respondent, are hereby summoned to answer the Petition in this action, which is filed with the Clerk of Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Petitioner within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain a divorce.Title to and interest in the following real property will be involved in this action: N/A DATED this 9th day of March, 2016. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Molly A. Reynolds, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-18-34 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOHN RODERICK MEANS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to EVONNE WELLS, attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 9410, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

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Representative DATED this 30th day January, 2018. WELLS & McKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Evonne Wells, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-18-57 Hon. Robert L. Deschamps III Presiding. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARY LOUISE MANN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Glenda D. Kinney, Personal Representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, PLLP, PO Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 20 day of February, 2018. /s/ Glenda D. Kinney, Personal Representative SKJELSET & GEER, P.L.L.P. By: /s/ Suzanne Geer Attorneys for the Estate STATE OF MONTANA ):ss. County of Missoula) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Signed this 20 day of February, 2018. /s/ Glenda D. Kinney, Personal Representative SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 20 day of February, 2018. /s/ Suzanne Geer Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Stevensville, Montana My Commission Expires October 2, 2020

59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 16 day of February, 2018.THIEL LAW OFFICE PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B. Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA

COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-18-79 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN HOWARD SCHULTZ, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Hon. Karen S.Townsend Probate No. DP-18-54 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NORMAN SCHWEIZER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that RICHARD SHIMER has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to RICHARD SHIMER, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 327 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): The British science fiction TV show Dr. Who has appeared on BBC in 40 of the last 54 years. Over that span, the titular character has been played by 13 different actors. From 2005 until 2010, Aries actor David Tennant was the magic, immortal, time-traveling Dr. Who. His ascendance to the role fulfilled a hopeful prophecy he had made about himself when he was 13 years old. Now is an excellent time for you, too, to predict a glorious, satisfying or successful occurrence in your own future. Think big and beautiful!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): New York City is the most densely populated city in North America. Its land is among the most expensive on earth; one estimate says the average price per acre is $16 million. Yet there are two uninhabited islands less than a mile off shore in the East River: North Brother Island and South Brother Island. Their combined 16 acres are theoretically worth $256 million. But no one goes there or enjoys it; it’s not even parkland. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I suspect it’s an apt metaphor for a certain situation in your life: a potentially rich resource or influence that you’re not using. Now is a good time to update your relationship with it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The iconic 1942 movie Casablanca won three Academy Awards and has often appeared on critics’ lists of the greatest films ever made.That’s amazing considering the fact that the production was so hectic. When shooting started, the script was incomplete.The writing team frequently presented the finished version of each new scene on the day it was to be filmed. Neither the director nor the actors knew how the plot would resolve until the end of the process. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because it reminds me of a project you have been working on. I suggest you start improvising less and planning more. How do you want this phase of your life to climax?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If all goes well in the coming weeks, you will hone your wisdom about how and when and why to give your abundant gifts to deserving recipients — as well as how and when and why to not give your abundant gifts to deserving recipients. If my hopes come to pass, you will refine your ability to share your tender depths with worthy allies — and you will refine your understanding of when to not share your tender depths with worthy allies. Finally, Cancerian, if you are as smart as I think you are, you will have a sixth sense about how to receive as many blessings as you disseminate.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): How adept are you at playing along the boundaries between the dark and the light, between confounding dreams and liberated joy, between “Is it real?” and “Do I need it?”? You now have an excellent opportunity to find out more about your capacity to thrive on delightful complexity. But I should warn you. The temptation to prematurely simplify things might be hard to resist. There may be cautious pressure coming from a timid voice in your head that’s not fierce enough to want you to grow into your best and biggest self. But here’s what I predict: You will bravely explore the possibilities for self-transformation that are available outside the predictable niches.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Cultivating a robust sense of humor makes you more attractive to people you want to be attractive to. An inclination to be fun-loving is another endearing quality that’s worthy of being part of your intimate repertoire. There’s a third virtue related to these two: playfulness. Many humans of all genders are drawn to those who display joking, lighthearted behavior. I hope you will make maximum use of these qualities during the coming weeks, Virgo. You have a cosmic mandate to be as alluring and inviting as you dare.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I suggest you gaze at exquisitely wrought Japanese woodcuts ... and listen to jazz trumpeter Miles Davis collaborating with saxophonist John Coltrane ... and inhale the aroma of the earth as you stroll through groves of very old trees. Catch my drift, Libra? Surround yourself with soulful beauty — or else! Or else what? Or else I’ll be sad. Or else you might be susceptible to buying into the demoralizing thoughts that people around you are propagating. Or else you may become blind to the subtle miracles that are unfolding, and fail to love them well enough to coax them into their fullest ripening. Now get out there and hunt for soulful beauty that awakens your deepest reverence for life. Feeling awe is a necessity for you right now, not a luxury.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the Sikh religion, devotees are urged to attack weakness and sin with five “spiritual weapons”: contentment, charity, kindness, positive energy and humility. Even if you’re not a Sikh, I think you’ll be wise to employ this strategy in the next two weeks. Why? Because your instinctual nature will be overflowing with martial force, and you’ll have to work hard to channel it constructively rather than destructively.

The best way to do that is to be a vehement perpetrator of benevolence and healing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1970, a biologist was hiking through a Brazilian forest when a small monkey landed on his head, having jumped from a tree branch. Adelmar Coimbra-Filho was ecstatic. He realized that his visitor was a member of the species known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, which had been regarded as extinct for 65 years. His lucky accident led to a renewed search for the elusive creatures, and soon more were discovered. I foresee a metaphorically comparable experience coming your way, Sagittarius. A resource or influence or marvel you assumed was gone will reappear. How will you respond? With alacrity, I hope!

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Velcro fastener is a handy invention that came into the world thanks to a Swiss engineer named George de Mestral. While wandering around the Alps with his dog, he got curious about the bristly seeds of the burdock plants that adhered to his pants and his dog. After examining them under a microscope, he got the idea to create a clothing fastener that imitated their sticking mechanism. In accordance with the astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to be alert for comparable breakthroughs. Be receptive to help that comes in unexpected ways.

Study your environment for potentially useful clues and tips.Turn the whole world into your classroom and laboratory. It’s impossible to predict where and when you may receive a solution to a long-running dilemma!

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed to the top of Mount Everest.They were celebrated as intrepid heroes. But they couldn’t have done it without massive support.

Their expedition was powered by 20 Sherpa guides, 13 other mountaineers and 362 porters who lugged 10,000 pounds of baggage. I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, in the hope that it will inspire you. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to gather more of the human resources and raw materials you will need for your rousing expedition later this year.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Although her work is among the best Russian literature of the twentieth century, poet Marina Tsvetayeva lived in poverty. When fellow poet Rainer Maria Rilke asked her to describe the kingdom of heaven, she said, “Never again to sweep floors.” I can relate.To earn a living in my early adulthood, I washed tens of thousands of dishes in restaurant kitchens. Now that I’m grown up, one of my great joys is to avoid washing dishes. I invite you to think along these lines, Pisces. What seemingly minor improvements in your life are actually huge triumphs that evoke profound satisfaction? Take inventory of small pleasures that are really quite miraculous.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Robert D. Schultz, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 8th day of March, 2018 at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Robert D. Schultz, Personal Representative BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie Sirrs, Esq. PO Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Robert D. Schultz, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 Cause No.: DP-18-66 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RAYMOND J. MOE, a/k/a Ray J. Moe and Ray Moe, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to MICHAEL KETNER and JORDAN MOE, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 28th day of February, 2018. /s/ Michael Ketner, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Jordan Moe, Co-Personal Representative Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC By: /s/ Craig Mungas, Attorneys for Michael Ketner and Jordan Moe, Co-Personal Representatives

ZLER STEELE, PC 619 SW Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, MT 59803 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on May 31, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable

charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: Missoula County Courthouse, on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which John H Frick II and Kelly M. Frick, as joint tenants, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated January 22, 2009 and was recorded on January 27, 2009 as Instrument No. 200901585, of official records in the Office of the

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No.: DP-18-53 Dept. No.: 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ELVIRA S. BERG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to TRACENE ELIZABETH BERG, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 15th day of February, 2018. /s/ Tracene Elizabeth Berg, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is given that a public sale will be held on April 12, 2018 at 11:25 a.m., at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802 for the foreclosure of the security interest by public sale of a 1984 Broa mobile home, Montana Title number: K773839. GEIS-

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 2340 55th St Apt 17, Missoula, MT 59803 and being more fully described as follows: UNIT NO. 17 OF THE CEDARS, A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM SITUATED ON TRACT D, HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NUMBER ONE (1), CITY OF MISSOULA, COUNTY OF MISSOULA, STATE OF MONTANA,ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, AND ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF UNIT OWNERSHIP AND FLOOR PLANS ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE MISSOULA COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, RECORDED JUNE 26, 1978 IN VOLUME 121 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 107, FILED AND RECORDED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE MONTANA UNIT OWNERSHIP ACT, SECTION 672301, ET SEQ, R.C.M. 1947, AS

AMENDED, TOGETHER WITH A 4.3358 PERCENT INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO SAID CONDOMINIUM, ALL AS IDENTIFIED, ESTABLISHED AND DEFINED IN THE AFORESAID DECLARATION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held

by Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC.The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust.

The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments beginning March 1, 2017 through January 1, 2018 in the total amount of $9,687.81; to-

gether with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable.

By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $135,804.45 with interest thereon at the rate of 3.87500 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2017; plus escrow advances of $2,814.52; plus other fees and costs in the amount of $461.18; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest

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therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable.

Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor

Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

Dated: January 17, 2018 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on May 17, 2018, 11:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: A Tract of land located in the East one-half of Lot 28 of Dinsmore’s Orchard Homes Addition No. 4, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. Less a part of said East one-half of Lot 28, according to Certificate of Survey NO. 19 and more particularly described as follows: A Parcel of land within the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of section 19, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, Principal Meridian Montana, Missoula County, Montana, Commencing at the South-

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west corner of section 19, thence South 88°58’15”E., 1611.94 feet; thence North 00°11’14”W., 660.34 feet to the Northeast corner of Lot 28, Dinsmore’s Orchard Home Addition NO. 4 and the true point of beginning; thence S. 00°11’14”E., 416.45 feet along the East line of Lot 28; thence N. 88°58’40”W., 161.25 feet to the North South Mid-Line of Lot 28; thence North 00°11’32”W., 416.40 feet along the said Mid-Line to a point on the North Line on Lot 28; thence South 88°59’34” East 161.29 feet to the Northeast corner of Lot 28 and the true point of beginning.

Being the same premises as conveyed in Deed from Kevin P. Murphy Recorded 04/08/2008 in Document Number 200807724, Book 816, Page 0900 in said County and State. Commonly known as: 3030 South 7th Street West, Missoula, MT 59804. More commonly known as 3030 South 7th Street West, Missoula, MT 59804. William A. Hall, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Home Savings of America, a Federal Savings Association, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on November 1, 2010, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on November 18, 2010 as Instrument No. 201022731, in Book 869, at Page 624, of Official Records.The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Bank of America, N.A. Assignment Dated: October 5, 2012 Assignment Recorded: October 15, 2012 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201220126, in Book 902, at Page 3, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on December 6, 2017 as Instrument No. 201724212, in Book 990, at Page 270, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning July 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have

EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units 5, 10, 15, 63, 106, 155, 159, 169, 205, 291, 442, & 652.

Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday March 26, 2018. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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REAL ESTATE been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $181,974.24, interest in the sum of $4,909.52, escrow advances of $2,075.60, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $1,576.53 for a total amount owing of $190,535.89, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.

The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid

at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with

Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 21st day of February, 2018. Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 50833 March 1, 8, 15, 2018 Notice to be Published NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED CREATION OF A SPECIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERTAKING AND MAINTAINING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana (the “County”), proposes to undertake and thereafter maintain certain improvements to the County fairgrounds (the “Fairgrounds”), generally consisting of designing, engineering and constructing repairs and improvements to water, sewer and dry utility infrastructure; construction and installation of trails; streetscaping and landscaping; repair, renovation, reconstruction and equipping of various existing facilities, including the Culinary Building, the Commercial Building and the mid-century buildings; construction, installation and equipping of new facilities, including a learning center, maintenance shop, livestock center, rodeo arena, ice rinks, an exhibit center and concessions; related deconstruction and demolition; and related improvements (the “Improvements”). As a means of financing a portion of the costs of the Improvements, this Board is proposing to create and establish in the County under Montana Code Annotated (“M.C.A.”), Title 7, Chapter 11, Part 10, as amended, a special district (the “District”). The District, if created and established, will be known as the “Missoula County Fairgrounds District.” The limits and boundaries of the District will be coterminous with the boundaries of the Fairgrounds. The County, as owner of the Fair-

grounds, is the only owner of real property included within the proposed District. Pursuant to Section 7-11-1007, M.C.A., a public hearing will be held on March 22, 2018 at [2:00 p.m.] in room 151 of the Courthouse Annex, on the matter of considering the creation of the District prior to making a determination whether to proceed with the passage of a resolution of intention to create the District.

237 1/2 E. Front St. “A” Studio/1 bath, downtown, HEAT PAID, coin-ops on site $625. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

2 Bed, 1-2 Bath, $875, Broadway & Russell, Newer complex, balcony or deck, A/C, Coin-op laundry, Storage & offstreet parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

REQUEST FOR Proposals The Missoula County Airport Authority (the “Authority”) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide custodial services for the terminal building and various other

locations on airport. Details regarding this Request for Proposals are available at the Authority’s Administration office, 5225 Hwy 10 West, Missoula MT 59808 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. They may also be obtained through written request to the above address, or by email request to lfagan@flymissoula.com. There is a Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting on March 23, 2018 at 10 am. Proposals must be received in the Authority Administration Office no later than 4:00 PM MST on April 5, 2018. Any proposal received after the exact time specified for receipt will not be considered.

RENTALS APARTMENT RENTALS

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1 bed, 1 bath, $700-$725, newer complex, balcony or deck,A/C, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking.W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

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1315 E. Broadway #11. 1 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coin-ops, pet? $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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1324 S. 2nd St. “D”. 3 bed/2 bath, freshly painted, new flooring, central location. $1200. Grizzly Prop. Management 542-2060

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2 bed, 1 bath, near Good Food Store, $800, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, HEAT Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2102 34th St. 1 bed/1 bath, Southside, W/D, carport $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

Large 1 bed, 1 bath, $650, coin op laundry, off street parking, storage. HEAT PAID! Tenant only pays Electricity. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 7287333

MOBILE HOME RENTALS Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent.

W/S/G/Electric included. $495/month.

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DUPLEXES 1717 S. 13th St. “C” Triplex. 1 bed/1 bath, small yard, storage, pet? $625.

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2139 South Avenue 3 bed/1 bath, some recent remodeling, cat? $1100. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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517 S. 5th St. E. #1 1 bed/1 bath, 2 blocks to U, W/D on site $800. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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524 S. 5th St. East “B”. 2 bed/1 bath, 2 blocks to U, W/D, DW, all utilities paid $1000. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

HOUSE RENTALS 328 McLeod 2 bed/1 bath, University area, gas fireplace, W/D hookups, POA $1275. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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ACROSS

1136 South 4th West • $310,000 UNDER CONTRACT TAKING BACK UP OFFERS

Sweet 3 bed, 2 bath bungalow with mother-in-law basement apartment. Wood floors, gas range, breakfast nook and lots of natural light. Many updated features, deck and double garage.

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1 1998 Apple rollout 5 #, outside of Twitter 10 Dog in early kiddie lit 14 "You're in trouble!"

15 Buddy, slangily 16 Russian speed skater Graf who turned down the 2018 Winter Olympics 17 Request in exchange for some ones, maybe?

19 "Roseanne" of "Roseanne" 20 Confused 21 It's sung twice after "que" 23 "Uh-huh" 24 Prepares leather 27 Bedtime, for some 29 Golden-coated horse 33 The Rock's real first name 36 66 and I-95, e.g.

37 Surveillance needs, for short 39 1966 Michael Caine movie 40 Pound sound 41 Io's planet 43 "You've got mail!" company 44 "The Great Gatsby," for one 46 Harry and William's school 47 General feeling

48 Some circus performers 50 Split into splinters 52 Harnesses for oxen 54 Garden of Genesis 55 Scrooge's outburst 57 Bacon portion 59 Search (through) 63 Shaped like a zero 65 Sand down some menswear?

68 NPR correspondent Totenberg 69 Wonderstruck 70 Bauxite, et al.

71 "Electric Avenue" singer Grant (who turned 70 in 2018) 72 "I Got Rhythm" singer Merman 73 Abbr. in a Broadway address

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1 Greek vowel 2 Castle surrounder 3 Affirmative responses 4 Snack notable for its residue 5 Retiring 6 Org. that honors sports legends 7 Author Kingsley 8 Bridge fastener 9 Looked closely 10 Convulsive sigh 11 Demand for your favorite band to perform at a county gathering?

12 Beast 13 Camping need 18 Palindromic address with an apostrophe 22 1978 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Sadat

25 Preemie's ward, for short 26 Rickman, in the "Harry Potter" films 28 Buddy 29 "Guardians of the Galaxy" star Chris 30 Heart chambers 31 Walked away from the poker table with cards face down?

32 Leaves off 34 Mythical weeper (and namesake of element #41) 35 Caught lampreys 38 Took the wrong way?

41 People who cut you off in traffic, say 42 Oklahoma city near Oklahoma City 45 Shortest of the signs 47 Meat that somehow sparked a 2017 Arby's craze 49 Pic taken alone, or together (as the name doesn't suggest) 51 Extremely 53 Canonized figure 55 Fibula or ulna 56 Dedicated 58 Dullsville 60 Emotion that's unleashed 61 Claim on property 62 Crafty website 64 Make some eggs?

66 Ma who says "baa" 67 Blanc with many voices

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REAL ESTATE

521 S Higgins Ave $699,000 Fully leased single tenant commercial building located on Missoula’s “Hip Strip.”

Offering is for building only.

164 Fairway Drive 4 bed, 3 bath on Highland Golf Course $489,000 MLS#21801542

237 Speedway • $244,900

Cute 4 bed, 1 bath in East Missoula.

Hardwood floors, great open kitchen and lots of other cool features.

Fenced, porch, shade trees & double garage.

Pat McCormick

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18740 E. Mullan, Clinton

$264,900

Charming 2 bedroom, 1 bath home on 1.37 acres. 4 car garage & large barn. Apple tree, 2 plum trees Price Reduced & underground sprinklers.

Permitted & approved septic in place & ready for a mobile home.

MLS#21707610 Call Vickie Amundson at 544-0799 for more information

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 KOTA•

Kota is a 2 year old male American Bulldog mix. This big, goofy boy has a lot of love to give and is always searching for affection! He enjoys chasing tennis balls, but hasn't quite figured out the idea of retrieving them. He is very treat motivated and knows how to sit, lay down, and search for all the stray bits of kibble. Kota is hoping to find himself in a fun-loving and active family.

GYPSY• Gypsy is a 4 year old female German Shepherd. This sweet girl has spent her younger years in a travelling band of fortune tellers, but now she's ready to settle down and grow some roots. Gyspy loves people all of all ages, but could use a bit of advice in the way of manners. She is really hoping her future holds a family where she won't have to share any attention with other pets.

BEAR• Bear is a 7 year old male Chocolate Lab. This big goofball loves to play and gets along well with other dogs. Fetch is his favorite game, and his attention cannot be broken when he sees a tennis ball. Bear is a very tolerant dog, allowing some rather poor play manners to go unchecked from his playmates. This loveable Lab would do best in a home that has room to move.

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630 S. Higgins 728-0777

208 East Main 728-7980

HOBBS• Hobbs is a 5 year old male black and white Tuxedo cat. He is a bit shy upon first greeting him. Once he's gotten used to you, Hobbs is a very sweet boy who loves receiving attention. Hobbs would prefer a quiet home. This classy boy is always ready for the most sophisticated occasion with his very handsome tuxedo markings and his distinguished white mustache.

MISSY•Missy has beginning stages of kidney disease and needs a home that is familiar with providing for this health issue. Outside of her kidneys, Missy is a healthy and happy cat that is projected to live a long life, making her our shelter's Wonder Woman! Her adoption fee has been sponsored, and we are searching for an adopter that is able to give her a prescription kidney support diet for life

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ERWIN• Erwin is a 8 year old male black cat. This handsome and distinguished house panther is an older man who loves the company of people. Like his hero, The Black Panther, Erwin believes himself to be the protector of his kingdom. His Highness has enhanced, superhero abilities in lounging and cuddles. He'd prefer to live in a kingdom with only human subjects.

These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 PRINCESS• Princess is a very sweet girl that would prefer to be the center of your attention. She wants to be the apple of your eye with no competition! She is a princess indeed! She is a little nervous around new people at first, but when she warms up, she will love you forever.

Princess' adoption fee is waived through our Seniors for Seniors program for people 60 and up and pets 7 and up!

BLUE MOON• Blue Moon is a handsome man with lots of energy! He loves to go go go and would like to go to an active household. He is friendly with new visitors and some dogs. If you are looking for an adventure pup to be by your side, come visit Blue Moon!

LUCY• Lucy is a very sweet girl that is becoming more and more brave every day! She loves other dogs and spending time with people that are calm and willing to give her a few minutes to warm up. She is looking for a family with another dog who is very social with people. This sweetheart is already spayed and vaccinated and ready to go to her forever home today.

1600 S. 3rd W. 541-FOOD

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SEDWICK• Sedwick is a very handsome man that loves to nuzzle up with people. His long hair and piercing gold eyes along with his loud purrs will steal your heart. He has been a wonderful office cat here at the shelter and enjoys lounging on a desk. Just as long as you’re taking breaks to give him some belly rubs!

TIBBS• Tibbs LOVES to play! He has been so active and goofy here at the shelter. Once you start playing with him, you won’t be able to stop— he won’t let you! Tibbs is very social and enjoys greeting new people with head nuzzles and loud purrs.

Missoula 406-626-1500 william@rideglaw.com

1450 W. Broadway St. • 406-728-0022

RAPUNZEL• Rapunzel has been patiently waiting atop her tower for the perfect person to come adopt her. This long haired princess takes a little bit of time to open up to people, but with a bit of love and patience, she is a sweetheart!

She spends her time in the HSWM office staring out the window waiting for her true love and watching the birds. missoulanews.com • March 15–March 22, 2018 [43]